Really not much to do today have you?
On 3/17/07 10:53 AM, "Pensioner" <al_knoll@PACBELL.NET> wrote: > Odd bit that. Ice displaces it's weight in water. If you have a gallon > bucket and a quart of ice and you make a mark on the bucket where the top of > the water is before putting the ice in the water. Be sure to make the mark > on the bucket, not on the water or the eis. Now put the quart of ice in the > water and mark again how high the water is (on the bucket). You will note > that it rose about that amount that is close to 0.9 quarts. Or roughly 22%. > If you do the same with a quart of lead the water will rise fully one quarts > worth. Or if you add a quart of liquid ice it will rise one quarts worth. > > Now here is the test. If you venture out upon a still lake with a vanagon > transmission in your boat and mark where the water is on the side of the > boat. Then put the transmission into the lake. which way does the water go > on the side of the boat, up or down or does it stay the same? And by > approximately how much? > > Eureka! |
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