On the Moments of Consistent and Fluid Heavy Bodies Floating in Fluids

Abstract

Archimedes discussed very precisely and famously bodies sitting in liquid. Later, by another approach, Galileo and Stevin demonstrated the same point, since the truth can be confirmed in countless ways. Myself I devised and presented new demonstrations of these propositions, proceeding in a very different way, not for the pleasure of changing but because they lead to points which must be explained later. But at first some hypotheses must be put forwards.