Cum id expertus esset, tum auream massam similiter pleno vaso demisit et ea exempta, eadem ratione mensura addita invenit ex aquae numero non tantum esse: minore quanto minus magno corpore eodem pondere auri massa esset quam argenti.
After this experiment he then dropped a mass of gold in like manner into the full vessel and removed it. Again he added water by measure, and discovered that there was not so much water; and this corresponded to the lessened quantity of the same weight of gold compared with the same weight of silver.
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