Archimedes, Natation of bodies, 1662

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1Portion demitted into the Liquid, like as hath been ſaid, ſhall ſtand
enclined
ſo as that its Axis do make an Angle with the Surface of
the
Liquid equall unto the Angle E B Ψ. For demit any Portion
into
the Liquid ſo as that its Baſe
39[Figure 39]
touch
not the Liquids Surface;
and
, if it can be done, let the
Axis
not make an Angle with the
Liquids
Surface equall to the
Angle
E B Ψ; but firſt, let it be
greater
: and the Portion being
cut
thorow the Axis by a Plane
rect
unto [or upon] the Surface of
the
Liquid, let the Section be A P
O
L the Section of a Rightangled
Cone
; the Section of the Surface of the Liquid X S; and let the
Axis
of the Portion and Diameter of the Section be N O: and
draw
P Y parallel to X S, and touching the Section A P O L in P;
and
P M parallel to N O; and P I perpendicular to N O: and
moreover
, let B R be equall to O ω, and R K to T ω; and let ω H
be
perpendicular to the Axis.
Now becauſe it hath been ſuppoſed

that
the Axis of the Portion doth make an Angle with the Surface
of
the Liquid greater than the Angle B, the Angle P Y I ſhall be
greater
than the Angle B: Therefore the Square P I hath greater

proportion
to the Square Y I, than the Square E Ψ hath to the
Square
Ψ B: But as the Square P I is to the Square Y I, ſo is the

Line
K R unto the Line I Y; and as the Square E Ψ is to the Square

Ψ B, ſo is half of the Line K R unto the Line Ψ B: Wherefore
(a) K R hath greater proportion to I Y, than the half of K R hath

to
Ψ B: And, conſequently, I Y isleſſe than the double of Ψ B,
and
is the double of O I: Therefore O I is leſſe than Ψ B; and I ω

greater
than Ψ R: but Ψ R is equall to F: Therefore I ω is greater

than
F.
And becauſe that the Portion is ſuppoſed to be in Gra­
vity
unto the Liquid, as the Square F Q is to the Square B D; and
ſince
that as the Portion is to the Liquid in Gravity, ſo is the part
thereof
ſubmerged unto the whole Portion; and in regard that as
the
part thereof ſubmerged is to the whole, ſo is the Square P M to
the
Square O N; It followeth, that the Square P M is to the Square
N
O, as the Square F Q is to the Square B D: And therefore F

Q
is equall to P M: But it hath been demonſtrated that P H is

greater
than F: It is manifeſt, therefore, that P M is leſſe than
ſeſquialter
of P H: And conſequently that P H is greater than
the
double of H M.
Let P Z be double to Z M: T ſhall be the Cen­
tre
of Gravity of the whole Solid; the Centre of that part of it
which
is within the Liquid, the Point Z; and of the remaining

part
the Centre ſhall be in the Line Z T prolonged unto G.
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