Archimedes becam a weel-likit withie as an affcome o his involvement in the defence oSyracuse conter the Roman siege in theFirst anSeicont Punic Weirs. He is reputit tae hae hauden the Romans aff wi weir machines o his ain design; tae hae been able tae muive a fou-bouk gailey stappit fou wi wi crew an fraucht bi pullin an aesome raip; tae hae diskivered the preenciples o density an buoyancy that's kent as Archimedes' preenciple an aw, whan haein a bath (syne taein tae the toun nakit heuchterin "eureka" - "A hae fund it!"); an tae hae cleckit the irrigation luim cried the Archimedean feeze.
Anither weel kent Archimedes storie tells that a king thocht he wis bein cheatit o his siller, sin he thocht his croun wisna richtgowd. Archimedes uised a theory abootwatter displacement caused biwecht for tae finnd oot that the croun did haesiller in't, atho thekeeng haed peyed for richt gowd.
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