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2006-08-17 06:02:35 · 14 answers · asked by archimedes_crew 3 in Education & Reference Trivia

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Tradition tells us that King Hiero II was suspicious about the purity of the gold in his crown and asked Archimedes to find a way to determine if it was pure gold or alloyed with silver. Solving the problem seemed to be impossible because in those days - the 3rd century B.C. - nothing was known about chemical analysis. One day Archimedes was thinking about the problem while taking a bath. As he lay floating in his bathtub, he thought about his weightless body. Suddenly he realized that all bodies lose a little weight when placed in water, and the bigger the volume, the more weight they lose. He realized that a given weight of gold would displace less water than an equal amount of silver, which is less dense than gold. Archimedes shouted "Eureka! Eureka! (I have found it!)" and rushed out into the streets of Syracuse naked to announce the discovery. Today the effect he observed is called Archimedes' Principle.

2006-08-17 06:08:26 · answer #1 · answered by peewee47_15 3 · 2 0

Who Shouted Eureka

2016-11-11 04:54:39 · answer #2 · answered by helgeson 4 · 0 0

Imagine me going into the bath and discovering it was full of vodka? Oh fuggin' boy! As I dive in, mouth agape, tongue lapping like a kid on a lollipop. Yeah baby. Who gives a sh*t about that silly old ****? He's been dead for almost 5 years now. Right? Quit trying to raise the level of intelligence or consciousness on here. We're all tards.

2016-03-27 06:11:54 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

archimedes
not because he proved the purity of gold or buoyancy of objects or whatever
it was because he discovered how to measure the accurate volume of solid irregular objects by displacement
he was supposed to investigate the crook who made the crown of the king and see if the crown is really made of gold
so he was thinking deeply about it while he was soaking in his bathtub
then suddenly he realized it
when he dipped himself into the tub, some of the water got displaced
he then realized that the amount of water that was displaced is equal to the volume of his body
that's why he ran out the streets (yeah, naked) shouting eureka! (i found it..or something like that)

2006-08-17 06:15:32 · answer #4 · answered by deeta 3 · 1 0

Archimedes, the famed Greek mathematician, is said to have exclaimed "Eureka!" when, after long study, he discovered a method of determining the purity of gold.

2006-08-17 06:09:44 · answer #5 · answered by murkglider 5 · 1 0

I did when, after being hopelessly lost on the west coast, I finally found my motel in Eureka California.

2006-08-17 06:10:40 · answer #6 · answered by cirdellin 4 · 0 0

Archimedes, of course. Because he found out that light objects float on water. It's called "bouyancy". Am I correct?

2006-08-17 06:09:29 · answer #7 · answered by nascent26 2 · 0 0

Archimedes of Greece,. He came out naked from bathroom, shouting, naked, on discovering his principle on buoyancy.

2006-08-17 06:37:44 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

Archimedes did. Don't know why...

2006-08-17 06:10:46 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

It depends on many factors

2016-08-23 04:35:37 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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