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Set out geometrical propositions relating equilibrium and buoyancy for bodies in fluids.
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Archimedes
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Archimedes: mathematical principles of floating bodies
Set out geometrical propositions relating equilibrium and buoyancy for bodies in fluids.
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The date is approximate and the record concerns the surviving treatise, not the later bathtub anecdote or modern fluid mechanics.
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