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Science > Hydrostatic Balance Hydrostatic Balance The „Eureka“ story about Archimedes
Science > Hydrostatic Balance Hydrostatic Balance The „Eureka“ story about Archimedes
Building on the work of Archimedes, he investigated the method of construction
In his Sand-Reckoner, Archimedes (d. 212 BCE), discusses how to express very large
degree. 1586 Galileo begins to work on certain problems in physics, following Archimedes