Salusbury, Thomas, Mathematical collections and translations (Tome I), 1667

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              the Superficies that proceed according to the Circumferences X O
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              and P O are equally preſſed; whereby the Gravity preſſed is equal.
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              But the Gravity of the
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              Liquid which is in the
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              firſt Pyramid ^{*} without
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              the Solid B H T G, is
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              equal to the Gravity of
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              the Liquid which is in
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              the other Pyramid with­
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              out the Liquid R S C Y:
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              It is manifeſt, therefore,
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              that the Gravity of the Solid E Z H T, is equal to the Gravity of
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              the Liquid R S C Y: Therefore it is manifeſt that a Maſs of Liquor
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              equal in Maſs to the part of the Solid ſubmerged is equal in Gra­
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              vity to the whole Solid.</s>
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              *
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              Without, i.e.
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              that
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              being deducted.</s>
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              <s>RIC. </s>
              <s>This was a pretty Demonſtration, and becauſe I very well underſtand
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              it, let us loſe no time, but proceed to the ſixth
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              Propoſition,
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              ſpeaking thus.</s>
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              <s>PROP. VI. THEOR. VI.</s>
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              Solid Magnitudes lighter than the Liquid being thruſt
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              into the Liquid, are repulſed upwards with a Force
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              as great as is the exceſs of the Gravity of a Maſs
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              of Liquor equal to the Magnitude above the Gra­
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              vity of the ſaid Magnitude.
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              <s>NIC. </s>
              <s>This ſixth
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              Propoſition
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              ſaith, that the Solids lighter than the Liquid
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              demitted, thruſt, or trodden by Force underneath the Liquids Sur­
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              face, are returned or driven upwards with ſo much Force, by
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              how much a quantity of the Liquid equal to the. </s>
              <s>Solid ſhall
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              exceed the ſaid Solid in Gravity.</s>
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              <s>And to delucidate this
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              Propoſition,
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              let the Solid A be lighter
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              than the
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              L
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              iquid, and let us ſuppoſe that the Gravity of the ſaid
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              Solid A is B: and let the Gravity of a
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              L
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              iquid, equal in Maſs to A,
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              be B G. </s>
              <s>I ſay, that the Solid A depreſſed or demitted with Force
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              into the ſaid
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              L
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              iquid, ſhall be returned and repulſed upwards with
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              a Force equal to the Gravity G. </s>
              <s>And to demonſtrate this
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              Propo­
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              ſition,
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              take the Solid D, equal in Gravity to the ſaid G. </s>
              <s>Now
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              the Solid compounded of the two Solids A and D will be lighter
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              than the
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              L
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              iquid: for the Gravity of the Solid compounded of
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              them both is BG, and the Gravity of as much Liquor as equal­
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              leth in greatneſs the Solid A, is greater than the ſaid Gravity BG, </s>
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