Archimedes, Natation of bodies, 1662

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              <s>PROP. V. THEOR. V.</s>
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              The Right Portion of a Right-Angled Conoid lighter
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              than the Liquid, when it ſhall have its Axis great­
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              er than
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              Seſquialter
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              of the Semi-parameter, if it have
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              not greater proportion in Gravity to the Liquid [of
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              equal Maſs] than the Exceſſe by which the Square
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              made of the Axis is greater than the Square made
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              of the Exceſſe by which the Axis is greater than
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              ſeſquialter
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              of the Semi-Parameter hath to the
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              Square made of the Axis being demitted into the Li­
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              quid, ſo as that its Baſe be wholly within the Liquid,
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              and being ſet inclining, it ſhall not remain ſo inclined,
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              but ſhall turn about till that its Axis ſhall be accor­
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              ding to the Perpendicular.
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              <s>For let any Portion be demitted into the Liquid, as hath been
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              ſaid; and let its Baſe be wholly within the Liquid, And being
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              cut thorow its Axis by a Plain erect upon the Surface of the
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              Liquid; its Section ſhall be the Section
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              of a Rightangled Cone: Let it be
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              A P O L, and let the Axis of the Por­
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              tion and Diameter of the Section be
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              N O; and the Section of the Surface of
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              the Liquid I S. </s>
              <s>And becauſe the Axis
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              is not according to the Perpendicu­
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              lar, N O will not be at equall angles
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              with I S. </s>
              <s>Draw K
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              touching the Se­
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              ction A P O L in P, and parallel unto
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              I S: and thorow P, draw P F parallel unto N O: and take the
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              Centres of Gravity; and of the Solid A P O L let the Centre be
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              R; and of that which lyeth above the Liquid let the Centre be B;
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              and draw a Line from B to R, prolonging it to G; which let be the
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              Centre of Gravity of the Solid demerged within the Liquid: and
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              moreover, take R H equall to the Semi-parameter, and let O H be
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              double to H M; and do in the reſt as hath been ſaid
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              (a)
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              above.
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              Now foraſmuch as it was ſuppoſed that the Portion hath not greater
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              proportion in Gravity to the Liquid, than the Exceſſe by which
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              the Square N O is greater than the Square M O, hath to the ſaid
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              Square N O: And in regard that whatever proportion in Gravity </s>
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