Galilei, Galileo
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Discourse concerning the natation of bodies
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1663
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Point downwards, it ſhall not deſcend to the
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tom: for the Aeriall Cylinder contained betwixt
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the Ramparts
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D A C E,
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is equall in Maſs to the
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Cone
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A B C
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; ſo that the whole Maſs of the Solid
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compounded of the Air
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D A C E,
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and of the Cone
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A B C,
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ſhall be double to the Cone
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A C B:
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And,
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becauſe the Cone
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A B C
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is ſuppoſed to be of Matter double in
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vity to the water, therefore as much water as the whole Maſſe
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D A B C E,
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placed beneath the Levell of the water, weighs as much
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as the Cone
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A B C
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: and, therefore, there ſhall be an
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Equilibrium,
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and the Cone
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A B C
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ſhall deſcend no lower. </
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that the ſame Cone placed with the Baſe downwards, ſhall ſink to
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the bottom, without any poſſibility of returning again, by any means
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to ſwimme.</
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>Let, therefore, the Cone be
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A B D,
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double in Gravity to the
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water, and let its height be tripple the height
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of the Rampart of water L B: It is already
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manifeſt, that it ſhall not ſtay wholly out of
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the water, becauſe the Cylinder being
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prehended betwixt the Ramparts
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L B D P,
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equall to the Cone
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A B D,
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and the Matter of
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the Cone, beig double in Gravity to the
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water, it is evident that the weight of the ſaid
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Cone ſhall be double to the weight of the Maſs of water equall to the
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Cylinder
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L B D P
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: Therefore it ſhall not reſt in this ſtate, but
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ſhall deſcend.</
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I ſay farther; that much leſſe ſhall the ſaid Cone stay afloat, if one
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immerge a part thereof.
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Much leſs ſhall
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the ſaid Cone
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ſwim, if one
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merge a part
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thereof.</
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>Which you may ſee, comparing with the water as well the part
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that ſhall immerge as the other above water. </
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of the Cone A B D, ſubmergeth part N T O S, and advance the
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Point N S F above water. </
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>The Altitude of the Cone F N S, ſhall
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either be more than half the whole Altitude of the Cone F T O, or
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it ſhall not be more: if it ſhall be more than half, the Cone F N S
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ſhall be more than half of the Cylinder E N S C: for the Altitude
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of the Cone F N S, ſhall be more than Seſquialter of the Altitude
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of the Cylinder E N S C: And, becauſe the Matter of the Cone is
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ſuppoſed to be double in Specificall Gravity to the water, the water
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which would be contained within the Rampart E N S C, would be
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leſs grave abſolutely than the Cone F N S; ſo that the whole Cone
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F N S cannot be ſuſtained by the Rampart: But the part immerged
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N T O S, by being double in Specificall Gravity to the water, ſhall </
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