General Physics for Bio-Science Majors 171.103

Notes by Collin Broholm

for lecture given 11/18/97

 
• Fluids
  • Pressure in a fluid
    • Crushing an evacuated can
    • Magdeburg Disks
  • Pressure in a fluid at rest in a gravitational field
    • Pressure at the bottom of the bay
    • Liquids with different density
    • Pascal's Vases
  • Archimedes Principle
    • Measuring the Buoyant force on a spring scale
    • Buoyant force in air and party balloons
    • Floating a ship
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