Fox and McDonald's Introduction to Fluid Mechanics
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Author: Philip J. Pritchard, John W. Mitchell
Publisher: WILEY
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Chapter 3, Problem 78P
Quantify the experiment performed by Archimedes to identify the material content of King Hiero’s crown. Assume you can measure the weight of the king’s crown in air, Wa, and the weight in water, Ww. Express the specific gravity of the crown as a function of these measured values.
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