Galilei, Galileo, Discourse concerning the natation of bodies, 1663

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1Priſme, or Cylinder, to wit, that hath its two flat Superficies,
our
and inferiour, alike and equall, and at Right Angles with the
ther
laterall Superficies, and let its thickneſs I O be equall to the
greateſt
Altitude of the Banks of water: I ſay, that if it be put upon
the
water, it will not ſubmerge: for the Altitude
A
I being equall to the Altitude I O, the
of
the Air A B C I ſhall be equall to the Maſs
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the
Solid C I O S: and the whole Maſs A O S
double
to the Maſs I S; And ſince the
of
the Air A C, neither encreaſeth nor
niſheth
the Gravity of the Maſs I S, and the Solid I S was
double
in Gravity to the water; Therefore as much water as
Maſs
ſubmerged A O S B, compounded of the Air A I C B, and of
the
Solid I O S C, weighs juſt as much as the ſame ſubmerged Maſs
A
O S B: but when ſuch a Maſs of water, as is the ſubmerged part
the
Solid, weighs as much as the ſaid Solid, it deſcends not farther,

but
reſteth, as by (a) Archimedes, and above by us, hath been de­>
monſtrated
: Therefore, I S ſhall deſcend no farther, but ſhall reſt.
And
if the Solid I S ſhall be Seſquialter in Gravity to the water, it
ſhall
float, as long as its thickneſs be not above twice as much as the
greateſt
Altitude of the Ramparts of water, that is, of A I.
For I S
being
Seſquialter in Gravity to the water, and the Altitude O I
being
double to I A, the Solid ſubmerged A O S B, ſhall be alſo
Seſquialter
in Maſs to the Solid I S.
And becauſe the Air A C,
neither
increaſeth nor diminiſheth the ponderoſity of the Solid I S:
Therefore
, as much water in quantity as the ſubmerged Maſs AOSB,
weighs
as much as the ſaid Maſs ſubmerged: And, therefore, that
Maſs
ſhall reſt.
And briefly in generall.
THEOREME. VI.

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