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It was because he seemed really excited by his discovery, that is when you put an object into water, some of the water gets displaced or pushed out of the way.

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Why did Archimedes shout 'eureka'?

According to legend, Archimedes shouted "Eureka!" (which means "I have found it!") while running down the streets naked. The reason he did this is because he found out that, a body immersed in water has a buoyant force equal to the weight of the water that it displaces. He was able to find out if the kings crown was really made of pure gold this way (and it wasn't).


Who are some mathematicians?

Oh honey, where do I even start? We've got the OG Pythagoras, the genius Archimedes, the badass Ada Lovelace, and of course, the one and only Isaac Newton. These math wizards were slinging equations and theorems way before it was cool. So, bow down to these brainiacs who paved the way for all the math nerds out there.


How do you calculate the volume of a human body?

You could use Archimedes Principal. Fill a container (a bath, or tank) with enough water to cover the body, and measure the volume of water. Then, get the person to lie down fully in the water, and measure the level of the water again and calculate the new volume as if the tank held only water.. The difference in volume between the two measurement is the volume of the person's body. Another way to use the displacement method would be, if you can be sure to catch all the overflow, fill the cntainer to the top. get the person climb in and lie down and measure how much spills over the top... this works best if there is a spout at the side and you can fill the container up to the level of the spout.


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more down, most down


Is length across or down?

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Who was famous for the word eureka saying it while running down the street naked?

Pretty sure it was Archimedes


Why did Archimedes shout 'eureka'?

According to legend, Archimedes shouted "Eureka!" (which means "I have found it!") while running down the streets naked. The reason he did this is because he found out that, a body immersed in water has a buoyant force equal to the weight of the water that it displaces. He was able to find out if the kings crown was really made of pure gold this way (and it wasn't).


What was the name of the Greek philosopher who shouted out Eureka?

it was Archimedes he shouted it after he discovered that thing about the bath. He filled it up and steeped init and realized it over flowed, so without bothering to get dressed he ran down the street screaming Eureka!(I have found it).


Dose a gym teacher get paid more then a class teacher?

yelling dressing down running chewing gum


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eating chicken pie with pepsi and running down the street yelling go hindus


Why Archimedes shouted EUREKA?

Archimedes, according to legend, shouted "Eureka!" after leaping out of his bathtub and running naked down the streets of Syracuse (a Greek colony in ancient Sicily). Eureka means "I found it!" in Greek, and he was yelling it because he was ecstatic at finding the solution to a problem that had been put to him by the king of Syracuse. It seems the king was suspicious that a jeweler was cheating him about the true amount of gold he had used to make the royal crown. It was known how much a given amount of gold should weigh, but the problem was that the crown was already finished and shaped into an intricate design, and there was no good way to measure the volume of the crown without destroying it. When Archimedes lowered himself into his full bathtub, he noticed that his body displaced an amount of water, spilling over the edge. He reasoned that an object lowered in water would displace a volume of water equal to its own, so he now had a way to accurately measure the volume of the crown. The crown was tested, and it measured out at less that the amount of gold the jeweler had charged the king for, and he was punished severely. Archimedes was considered a scientific genius of his time, and was also credited for defending his city of Syracuse against the Romans by using cranes that overturned ships, and mirrors that concentrated sunlight on them and caused them to burn.


Name something gym teachers get away with doing in class but other teachers wouldn't?

yelling, dressing down, running, and chewing gum


How do you measure the volume of a piece of metal?

You'd use a "Eureka can!" If you fill a cup or special container completely full and submerge the object you want to measure in the water then water will be displaced by the object. If you collect the water and measure it in a measuring cylinder then you will have the volume of water displaced, which will be exactly the volume of the object. The "Eureka can!" is named because of Archimedes discovery or displacement and density which allegedly caused him to run naked down the street shouting "Eureka" in celebration.


What time did the Eureka Hotel burn down?

The Eureka Hotel was burnt down sometime during the evening of 17 October 1854.


What was the name of the hotel that burnt down in December 1854 Eurerka stockade?

It was the Eureka Hotel that burnt down during the Eureka stockade.


Where was Eureka stockade erected?

The Eureka Stockade was erected near the site of the burnt-down Eureka Hotel, close to Bakery Hill, outside Ballarat, Victoria.


Who ran down the street shouting eureka and why?

Archimedes - he was a Greek mathematician and inventor from Syracuse in the third century BCE. Legend says that he was asked by a king to figure out a way to ensure that his crown was all real gold. As he was in his bath he realised that when something is floating in water it displaces water equal to the weight of the object, ad when something sinks in water it displaces water equal to its volume. He was so excited, the legend says, that he jumped out of the bath and ran to tell the king, shouting "Eureka" - which is Greek for "I've found it" (meaning "I had found the answer to the king's question"). no this isn't true ran did. ran ran down the street