What Is Displacement

October 26, 2007 · Print This Article

Unless I’m mistaken, it was a Greek called Archimedes who was having a bath one day. He filled the bath full, as the story goes, and climbed in. Of course, the bathwater overflowed. Archimedes puzzled a moment then, realizing what had happened, shouted ‘Eureka!’ and ran out naked. He had discovered displacement.
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One Response to “What Is Displacement”

  1. Joni.M on December 21st, 2008 5:19 pm

    ummmm…hahaha..i think that was buoyancy. but its ok.
    :)

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