However, in Archimedes' model, if a second pulley is added ... In simple terms, Archimedes' Principle explains that the weight of a displaced fluid is directly proportional to its volume.

and Archimedes' principle of buoyancy. Legend has it that he discovered this principle while in the bath, where he noticed that the more of his body he submerged in the water, the greater the ...

This story appears in the March 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. Technically it’s ancient technology. But now the two-millennia-old principle of the Greek mathematician Archimedes has ...