Archimedes’ Principle and Flotation

Keighley, H. J. P.

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H. J. P. Keighley

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When a body is completely or partially immersed in a fluid, the upthrust on it is equal to the weight of fluid displaced.

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Keighley, H.J.P. (1986). Archimedes’ Principle and Flotation. In: Work Out Physics ‘O’ Level and GCSE. Macmillan Master Series. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-07213-2_6

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