W.C. BRYANT H.S. Stefanos Tsartsalis
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| Term Paper Title | W.C. BRYANT H.S. Stefanos Tsartsalis |
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| # of Pages (250 words per page double spaced) | 1.4 |
W.C. BRYANT H.S. Stefanos Tsartsalis
MATH- 02 4/29/98
ARCHIMEDES (287-212 BC.)
Archimedes was the first scientist to use the power of the lever. This gifted Greek
mathematician and inventor once said, "Give me a place to stand and rest my lever on, and
I can move the Earth." He also discovered the compound pulley and Archimedes'screw.
Archimedes was a brilliant mathematician who helped develop geometry. He discovered
the relation between the surface area and volume of a sphere and those of its
circumscribing cylinder.
A legend says that Archimedes discovered the principle of displacement while
stepping into a full bath. He realized that the water that ran over equaled in volume the
part of his body that was in the water. Through more experiments, he presumed the
principle of ability to float, which is called the Archimedes' principle. According to this
principle a body dipped in a flui
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