"Give me a fulcrum and I will move the world."
found myself locked in my inventions and thoughts when I was summoned by the king. When I was his protege should correspond with my services and apresuréme to satisfy their desires. When I was at his majesty He spoke to me as follows:
"I have ordered a re-crown honor me. To this end delivered a quantity of gold and behold the result. It is my desire to know if the crown has all the material delivered or on the contrary I have been cheated by the goldsmith. Take care not to damage the crown, my faithful friend. "
Sorry to such a test I went to my house. How to solve the puzzle? I was in such a difficult position, that I tried to rest. The days passed and found no solution. One day, in a moment of extreme relaxation, immersed in my daily bath, I noticed that when entering my body in water level it stood by the side surface of the bath, and that's when I realized what I had to do: "Eureka!".
Such was my excitement I jumped out of the bathroom and ran to my house screaming, without realizing that he was still naked,
"Eureka!"
inform your majesty I had found the solution to the problem and asked audience:
"Your Majesty, the goldsmith has deceived you. I'll show you. Only need two identical containers equal amount of water, your crown and a quantity of gold equal to his majesty gave the goldsmith. "
crown proceeded to enter one of the containers and gold on the other, continued:
" if Crown had the amount of gold that gave his majesty, the water level would amount to the same extent in both containers. You see, in the container where the crown is submerged the water level is higher, therefore, the crown is not pure gold and other metal should have to do to increase their volume. "
Biographical notes: Archimedes (287 to 212 BC)
Archimedes studied in Alexandria, where he studied under Conon of Samos and Eratosthenes contacted. There is the principle of Archimedes, many inventions are attributed to awake intellect, including the scale, the catapult, pulleys, etc. Among his accomplishments include how well maintained the defense of the city of Syracuse for years, burning the sails of enemy ships with an ingenious system of mirrors that focus the light from the sun.
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