Fauni, Katrizia Cerize L.
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MBA/MBM 214
Beginning of the Story
behind “Eureka”
Hieron, King of Syracuse, chose
Archimedes to supervise an
Engineering Project, the
Syracusia Sailing Vessel
Heiron commissioned the
Syracusia 50 times larger than a
standard warship. It will be the
largest ship to be given to
Ptolemy
Inside the ship are pool, library,
temple and gym. Heiron
intended to pack the vessel full
of cargo
Organization and Management (Quiz No.
ARCHIMEDES’ “EUREKA” Mr. Geuel F. Auste
Archimedes discovered a method of
detecting the amount of alloy mixed
with the gold in the crown of the King
of Syracuse.
Solution of Archimedes
Problem of Archimedes-
“will it sink?”
While he was sitting in the bath tub,
he shouted “EUREKA!”, meaning “I
found it”
Archimedes was sitted in a bath tub
wondering how a heavy bath tub
can float FORCE = WEIGHT OF THE FLUID
If a 2000 tons Syracusia = 2000 tons
water
Fb = WFL
Weight of water displaced = Weight
of Ship
LAW OF BUOYANCY or
References: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archimedes%27_princi ARCHIMEDES’ PRINCIPLE
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fact-or-fiction-archimede/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0v86Yk14rf8