Archimedes Principle

By johnsonow
  • Archimedes Discovers Archimedes Principle
    212 BCE

    Archimedes Discovers Archimedes Principle

    This principle states that any object, totally or partially immersed in a fluid, is buoyed up by a force equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the object.
  • Archimedes’ Principle discovers a scandal against King Hieron ll.
    212 BCE

    Archimedes’ Principle discovers a scandal against King Hieron ll.

    To find out if the kings crown was truly gold he put a bar of gold in a full bath tub, he then measure how much water ran over. He then put the crown in the bath tub and measured the run over, it was less, this meant that the crown wasn’t all gold.
  • Abraham Lincoln submitted paten for “buoying vessels over shoals”, which he discover using Archimedes Principle.

    Abraham Lincoln submitted paten for “buoying vessels over shoals”, which he discover using Archimedes Principle.

    This invention kept boat operators from getting grounded on sand bars.
  • It was discovered that fish have swim bladders that allow them to be more or less buoyant. This was discovered using Archimedes Principle.

    It was discovered that fish have swim bladders that allow them to be more or less buoyant. This was discovered using Archimedes Principle.

    Charles Darwin stated that a fish can inflate or deflate their swim bladder to rise or sink. He discovered this with Archimedes Principle. Fish have gained these through evolution.
  • Today we use Archimedes to measure volume and design things to float.

    Today we use Archimedes to measure volume and design things to float.