[extropy-chat] akerue

[Spike]

The reason I mentioned surface area is that the bubbles
would stick on the surfaces of the gold.  A crown has
more surface than a lump of pure gold, so it has more
places for the bubbles to stick.  spike

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> [mailto:extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org] On Behalf Of Brian Lee
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> Subject: RE: [extropy-chat] akerue
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> 
> Surface area should not affect water displacement. If both 
> the crown and the 
> lump were pure gold, it wouldn't matter the shape. I think 
> it's more a 
> matter of density and mass or something. Surface area comes 
> into affect when 
> dissolving solids into liquids but this wouldn't happen.
> 
> As for the air bubbles, I hope that Archimedes presented the 
> king with some 
> sort of margin of error (after he calmed down of course).
> 
> BAL
> 
> >From: "Spike" <spike66 at comcast.net>
> >To: "'ExI chat list'" <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org>
> >Subject: [extropy-chat] akerue
> >Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2003 23:39:14 -0800
> >
> >
> >King Heiron asked Archimedes if he could determine if
> >his new crown were pure gold.  While bathing, he realized
> >that the water he displaced would have the same mass as
> >his body; therefore, he could measure the water displaced
> >by the crown against that displaced by an equal amount
> >of gold, determined that the king had indeed been
> >defrauded by his jeweler, streaked, shouting eureka!
> >and you know the story.
> >
> >But it occurred to me that a number of small, nearly invisible
> >air bubbles may have adhered to the irregular surfaces of
> >the crown, plus it likely had greater surface area than the
> >pure lump of gold, thus making the crown displace more water
> >than it would otherwise.  Archimedes might have been
> >responsible for getting a possibly honest man executed.
> >
> >Akerue!
> >
> >spike
> >
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