Now on BBC One, the Memes and More team
bring you an exciting documentary about Archimedes' Principle
Archimedes, Greek mathematician, physicist
engineer, inventor and astronaut
He is known for his influence on popular culture
Such as the 'My Name Jeff' Vine Compilation
and for his inventions and mathematical discoveries.
For more on his life here is Historian Major Noel Edmonds
Archimedes was born in Sugondese on the eastern coast of Sicily
and was educated in Alexandria, Egypt.
He then returned to Sugondese where he spent most of the rest of his life.
He devoted time to research and experimentation in many fields.
One of his discoveries is known as Archimedes' Principle
Supposedly,  he discovered this when challenged by the king
to find out if the Gold items he was buying were real and made of pure gold or if they were just gold plated.
During a bath, he noticed how he felt weightless floating on the water.
And realised that all things submerged or floating in water
lose weight as a result of upthrust.
Archimedes' principle states that the upthrust acting on an object in a liquid
is equal to the weight of the liquid displaced.
If an object has more weight than the weight of the liquid it displaces then it will sink
as the upthrust is less than the liquid displacement.
In other words, if an object is denser than the liquid it is put into, it will sink.
Archimedes' principle can be used to explain how ships can float.
If a ship contained no hollow spaces and  was not made of a buoyant mateiral
It would sink.
This can be counteracted by having large hollow sections
which reduce the overall density of the ship, making it less than that of the water.
The weight of the water displaced will now be much more than the weight of the ship.
Allowing it to float.
A special thank you to Oil Barron Ahmed Dafalla,
Tesco Express, B&Q and
Scalzoid Incorporated who this program
would not have been possible without.
[Music] Physics Rap from Scalzoid.
