Radio New Zealand - Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa
26 May 2012 - 9:59 am NZ time
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Science feature - measuring volume
from Afternoons on Monday 15 March 2010
Archimedes said the eureka! word when he hopped in a bath and noticed that the water level rose. You see, you've noticed that too. You could be a genius. He'd figured out a way to accurately measure the volume of irregular shapes, like his body, by the water he'd displaced. But what happens when you want to measure the volume of something, but you don't want it to get wet?
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