Hindu Achievements in Exact Science: A Study in the History of Scientific Development c13.10

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c13.10

(2) That relating to the floating of bodies on liquids and the determination of specific gravity,—the first principle of Hydrostatics: A solid body, when immersed in a liquid, loses a portion of its weight equal to the weight of the liquid it displaces.

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