All right ... My friend Hiero II, ruler of Syracuse, asked me to determine whether a crown was made of pure gold, or were used in other less precious metals, gold is the only coverage. I discover how to solve the problem while I make a bathroom known that immersing the crown causes a rise in water level.
I weighed the water, that of an equal volume of the crown, the crown itself, and then a piece of gold always the same volume. As the weight of the crown appeared less than the weight of an equal amount of gold ... I have unmasked the culprit. On that occasion the friend
Gerone acted dishonestly with the blacksmith as a true tyrant.
However this observation made me so happy that I came out naked from the water, exclaiming " εὕρηκα (héureka!, I found it!). It must be said that the people of Syracuse did not say anything, as it is used This way I do, which considers extravagant. Besides all the scientists ...
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