Archimedes’ principle: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: K12 LibreTexts - Archimedes' Law. Oct 30, 2026
Add new Web site: University of Central Florida Pressbooks - General Physics Using Calculus I - Archimedes' Principle and Buoyancy. Oct 24, 2026
Add new Web site: K12 LibreTexts - Archimedes' Law. Aug 28, 2025
Add new Web site: OER at MSU Libraries - Introductory Physics for the Health and Life Sciences I - Archimedes’ Principle. Apr 12, 2025
Questions and answers added. Feb 14, 2025
Add new Web site: IOPscience - Physics Education - Is the Archimedes principle a law of nature? Discussions in an �extended teacher room� (PDF). Jan 02, 2025
Add new Web site: OpenStax - University Physics Volume 1 - Archimedes� Principle and Buoyancy. Aug 08, 2024
Add new Web site: Howard University - Department of Physics and Astronomy - Archimedes� Principle. May 25, 2024
Add new Web site: University of Iowa Pressbooks - Archimedes� Principle. Oct 18, 2023
Add new Web site: BCcampus Open Publishing - Archimedes� Principle and Buoyancy. Aug 25, 2023
Add new Web site: Atlantic Canada Pressbooks Network - Fundamentals of Heat, Light and Sound - Archimedes’ Principle. Jun 19, 2023
Add new Web site: Khan Academy - Buoyant force. Apr 27, 2023
Add new Web site: OpenStax - University Physics Volume 1 - Archimedes� Principle and Buoyancy. Jul 14, 2022
Added a diagram of a ship and buoyancy. May 29, 2020
Changed “force the magnitude of which” to “force, the magnitude of which.” May 29, 2020
Add new Web site: LiveScience - Eureka! The Archimedes Principle. May 03, 2019
Corrected display issue. Dec 13, 2017
Add new Web site: The University of Sydney - School of Physics - Buoyancy. Jan 15, 2016
Add new Web site: Science Kids - Fun Science and technology For Kids! - Archimedes Principle. Jan 13, 2016
Add new Web site: Khan Academy - Buoyant Force and Archimedes' Principle. Jan 12, 2016
Added video about buoyancy. Jan 08, 2016
Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Archimedes' Principle of Flotation. Oct 01, 2013
Illustration of Archimedes' principle added. Jun 25, 2012
Article revised. Jan 19, 2006
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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