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Archimedes thought that if the gold crown and the gold bar had the same mass and volume, the crown was pure gold and if they didn't, the crown was a fake and the jeweller was a fraud. (I just had to do this for homework. I'm right!)
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 14y agoARchimes work on the crown to see how gold first weight and then weight the crown to see if it was real gold not silver
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∙ 12y agoHE discovered that he could weigh the crown to figure the density.
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∙ 11y agohe shouted eureka
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What did Archimedes invent and in which year?
He invented the Lifting screw -which lifts water up to a higher level, pulley-which makes lifting heavy objects much easier, Golden Crown, as well as the Catapult,the Burning mirror and the lever The arkamedes screw... 1gameboyc's comment, Wrong! I study Archimedes and he did not invent the lever. The lifting screw is known as the Archimedes screw.. it was invented in the 3rd century
Did Archimedes invent the pulley?
Yes. Archimedes did invent the pulley.
What problem did king hiero want Archimedes to solve?
During Archimedes' time in Syracuse, King Hieron, the king of Syracuse and a close friend of Archimedes, commissioned the construction of a beautiful golden crown. When the goldsmith returned the crown, the king suspected him of stealing some of the gold and replacing it in the crown with silver. The king wanted to make sure that he got all of his gold back, so he asked Archimedes to discover the true contents of the crown.
Was Archimedes crown pure gold?
Yes Archimedes crown was pure gold. how they know this is that they weighed the dentisity of the crown.
Who came up with the idea of measuring mass by immersion?
Archimedes of Syracuse thought of this method while taking a bath. He was trying to determine if a golden crown had been tampered with with lesser metals.
Did Archimedes invent catapults?
yes
Did Archimedes invent the planetarium?
Yes
Did Archimedes invent the method of exhaustion?
No.
What did the king want Archimedes to find out?
The king wanted Archimedes to find out if a golden crown was made of pure gold or if it contained any other metal.
Did Archimedes invent the lever?
no, he did not !he explained how the lever works, the rule, the law, he did not invent it!
Why did Archimedes invent all of the inventions he did?
i think Archimedes's invented his inventions cause they deal with math
Is the Archimedes crown story true?
The story of the Archimedes crown is likely a legend as there is no concrete historical evidence to support its veracity. It is often recounted as a popular anecdote to highlight Archimedes' intelligence and ingenuity.
