Archimedes’ Principle.

Portrays Archimedes pondering a problem assigned to him by the king and depicts his solution which is now stated as the "Archimedes Principle of Fluid Displacement" or the "Laws of Floating Bodies." Shows how his experiment was conducted and pictures the same experiments being executed in a modern high school classroom.

Copyright

Complete catalog record
ARCHIMEDES’ PRINCIPLE. Encyclopaedia Britannica Films. 6 min., sd., b&w, 16mm. With film guide. © Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc.; 10Sep53; MP4204.

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Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, catalog record, copyright
  2. Catalog of Classroom Teaching Films for Georgia Schools, No. 10 (Georgia Department of Education) — title, creator, length, description