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    and the surface area over which the two materials contact. Materials that wet against each other tend to have a larger contact area than those that do...
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    convex meniscus, whereas the meniscus of water is concave. Mercury will not wet the glass, unlike water and many other liquids, and if the glass is tipped...
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    concept of force was basically qualitative, but other authors reject this. Archimedes corrected Aristotle's theory that bodies move towards their natural resting...
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  • has its origins in Ancient Greece with the writings of Aristotle and Archimedes (see History of classical mechanics and Timeline of classical mechanics)...
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    concentrate light momentum-enhanced solar sail Tradition states that Archimedes used a large array of mirrors to burn Roman ships during an attack on...
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    swords, daggers, spears, and maces. According to a recent hypothesis, the Archimedes' screw may have been used by Sennacherib, King of Assyria, for the water...
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  • (producer); Helen A. Murphy c-10m July 17, 1953 Video Specific Gravity and Archimedes' Principle Robert H. Carleton c-11m February 1, 1963 The Specific Is Terrific...
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    Wildland Fire Terminology, 74. de Sousa Costa and Sandberg, 229–230. "Archimedes Death Ray: Idea Feasibility Testing". Massachusetts Institute of Technology...
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    pumping height could be increased. Later mills were equipped with an Archimedes' screw which could raise water much higher. The polders, now often below...
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    aether, an influential philosophy that would dominate for centuries. Archimedes (287–212 BC) designed a planetarium that could calculate the motions of...
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