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Excerpt from Problems in Physics
IX. A ?oating body, the volume of which is 36 cubic inches, is immersed in the water to one third of its vol ume. What is the weight of the body?
X. A homogeneous, prismatic body, 6 inches long, 4 inches wide, and 3 inches high, and weighing 1; lbs., is placed in water on its broader surface; to what depth will it sink?
XI. What, if the dimensions be 8 inches long, 5 wide, and 3 high, and the weight 2 lbs.
XII. Kane observed in the Northern Seas ?oating masses of ice feet long, 400 wide, and rising 200 feet above the surface of the water; what must have been the volume of ice under the water, assuming the weights of equal volumes of sea-water and ice to be to each other as 10 9?
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