Book of Iota · Vol 1
Why Does an Iron Ship Float While a Nail Sinks?
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Grandpa Archimedes of Syracuse once explained that push of the water. That is why people call it Archimedes' Principle. The strength of the upward push equals the weight of the water the object moves aside.
- Series
- Book of Iota
- Contents
- 3 chapters, 1,867 words
- Characters
- Iota, Wong Nam
- Transparency
- SI-assisted work
About this work
A steel ship as heavy as a house glides calmly down the river, while one small nail sinks straight to the bottom of the basin. Iota does not understand. Isn't the ship far heavier? With a lump of modeling clay, a strip of tape and Wong Nam beside her, Iota tests her guesses one by one until she finds the secret of the water's push. A story about Archimedes' Principle, about a thing that sinks on its own and the place that lets it float too.
