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What was cleopatras crown made out of?
Cleopatra's crown was made of gold.
What were crowns from medieval times or the middle ages made from?
The kings crown was made of gold and sported some of the largest diamonds and other precious stones ever found in the world, called the crown jewels.
What made king Menes a good leader?
King Mene's main contribution to the success of Egypt was that he took over Lower Egypt and overthrew the king of Lower Egypt and he united both upper and lower Egypt into one great big kingdom. King Menes (or Narmer as he is also known) also showed unity of these two lands by building the city of Memphis which is in the middle of where the border of Upper and lower Egypt was. he also created the doudle crown, a crown made up of both the crown of Upper Egypt (the White Crown,) and the crown of Lower Egypt (the Red Crown)
Who discovered buoyancy?
I believe Archimedes (a Greek mathematician) discovered buoyancy in 212-250 B.C.. He was hired by the king of Syracuse on the island of Sicily, to find out if his crown was made of true gold or just another metal with a similar physical state. He took a bath one day and realized that his mass displaced the water in the bath tub when he sat down. He then measured a bar of true gold with the same mass as the crown comparability in water. The goldsmith had made the crown with both gold and metal. For a full explanation of how the buoyancy principle works go to the related question "What is the buoyancy principle?" in the Related Questions section below.
What is King Tutankhamun's tomb made of?
goldWhoever constantly leaves the one word answers should be banned. King Tut's outer most coffin is made of wood and is overlaid with gold foil. The second coffin (inside the outer most) is the same. Only the inner most coffin was made of solid gold...approximately 2500 pounds worth of it. That makes it worth roughly 55 million dollars in gold weight alone as this is typed.
How was density used to detect fraud?
Archimedes was told by the king to find out if his crown was made of pure gold, calculating the density of the crown, Archimedes found it to be a mix of gold and silver.
What was cleopatras crown made out of?
Cleopatra's crown was made of gold.
How do you determine whether or not the crown was pure gold or not?
you weigh its density and compare it with the density of gold, if both densities are same, then the crown is made of pure gold. if the density of the crown is lower than the density of gold, then the crown is made of materials that are cheaper or have a density that is less than gold, meaning that it is not made of pure gold.
Who consulted Archimedes regarding an object that was made of Gold?
Hiero II, the King of Syracuse, wanted Archimedes to determine if gold had been withheld from a crown by the goldsmith commissioned to make it. Without damaging the crown, Archimedes used water displacement to prove that the gold was not all there.
What is the imperial state crown made of?
gold
Where did the Queen's crown come from?
Queen Elizabeth II has, in the past, opted to use a stylised representation of St.Edward's Crown, made in 1661, which is said to be made of gold melted from King Alfred's Crown and both heavy and difficult to wear. The Imperial State Crown, made in 1937 for King George VI, is worn after the conclusion of the Coronation ceremony when the monarch leaves Westminster Abbey, and also at the annual State Opening of Parliament.
Information on Cleopatra's crown?
Cleopatra had a crown which was made out of gold. Not much else was known about it, but people say her crown had a cobra on it.
Why did Archimedes decide that the goldsmith that made the kings crown should be excecuted?
During Archimedes' time in Syracuse, King Hieron, the king of Syracuse and a close friend of Archimedes, commissioned the construction of a beautiful golden crown. When the goldsmith returned the crown, the king suspected him of stealing some of the gold and replacing it in the crown with silver. The king wanted to make sure that he got all of his gold back, so he asked Archimedes to discover the true contents of the crown. If Archimedes could determine the crown's true contents, he could tell the king whether or not the goldsmith gave him all of his gold back. Archimedes pondered this problem for some time, and one fateful morning in the baths of Syracuse he found the answer. Archimedes was stepping into the tub when he noticed that this action caused some of the water in the tub to overflow. He suddenly realized that the volume of the water that was being displaced equaled the volume of his body in the tub. He then ran through the streets of Syracuse naked yelling "Eureka," which means "I found it." He believed that he could measure the volumes of all irregular solids by placing them in water and noting the amount of water displaced. He solved the king's problem by placing equal masses of gold and silver in water. The silver had a greater volume because it displaced more water. That meant that the silver was less dense than the gold because it had the same weight but a larger volume. Archimedes then compared the lump of gold to the crown. The two had the same mass, but when Archimedes measured their volumes, the crown had a larger volume. Therefore, the crown was less dense and not made of pure gold. The king thus knew that the goldsmith had replaced some of the gold in the crown with silver, and he had the goldsmith executed.
What did the king want Archimedes to find out?
The king wanted Archimedes to find out if a golden crown was made of pure gold or if it contained any other metal.
What was King Tutankhamun mask made of?
it was made of gold
What is Archimedes gold demur?
You may be referring to the story of how Archimedes was able to determine if a crown had been made of pure gold (or less-than-pure gold) by measuring how much water the crown and an equal weight of pure gold displaced.
How many gold pieces are in a gold Crown?
The predecimal Crowns have been made from silver of varying quality from 1551 to 1946. From their introduction into the currency in 1526 to 1550, they were made from gold.
