How Does Archimedes Test His Crown
The theme of this story is to always tell the truth. The king had given a goldsmith ten pounds of gold and trusted him to make a crown using all of the gold he had given him, and no other materials. Instead, the king later discovers that the goldsmith had indeed betrayed him and went against his orders. His friend, Archimedes, begins helping the king prove the goldsmith guilty. The king becomes weary of his crown once his friend comes over. His friend begins telling him about how he thinks it looks plain, and he believes the goldsmith has lied to the king. Due to change of color, the king becomes worried and less and less pleased with the crown. The king asks his friend if there is any way to test his crown. Archimedes believes there is no
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He began thinking and testing out the crown, without harming it. One day, while he steps into the bath, he discovers that as he places his body weight into the water, the water rises and begins to overflow. He runs to the king’s castle as soon as possible and describes his great discovery, They begin testing this, placing his crown and ten pounds of gold into the bath. If both were equal, the same amount of water would overflow. As they experiment with the water, they unearth that the crown has displaced much more water than the ten pounds of gold. Therefore, the goldsmith had cheated the king, and used other materials. As a result, although the crown wasn’t pure gold, Archimedes has made a great discovery which has impacted the world. Why is telling the truth so important? Telling the truth is important because you can always be proven guilty. As this story represents, lying can affect people and the world in many ways. In conclusion, even though the goldsmith had lied, Archimedes has helped the world by learning from someone else’s mistake. The theme of this story is to always tell the truth. The king had given a goldsmith ten pounds of gold and trusted him to make a crown using all of the gold he had given him, and no other materials. Instead, the king later discovers that the goldsmith had indeed betrayed him and went against his orders. His friend, Archimedes, begins helping the king prove the goldsmith
He began thinking and testing out the crown, without harming it. One day, while he steps into the bath, he discovers that as he places his body weight into the water, the water rises and begins to overflow. He runs to the king’s castle as soon as possible and describes his great discovery, They begin testing this, placing his crown and ten pounds of gold into the bath. If both were equal, the same amount of water would overflow. As they experiment with the water, they unearth that the crown has displaced much more water than the ten pounds of gold. Therefore, the goldsmith had cheated the king, and used other materials. As a result, although the crown wasn’t pure gold, Archimedes has made a great discovery which has impacted the world. Why is telling the truth so important? Telling the truth is important because you can always be proven guilty. As this story represents, lying can affect people and the world in many ways. In conclusion, even though the goldsmith had lied, Archimedes has helped the world by learning from someone else’s mistake. The theme of this story is to always tell the truth. The king had given a goldsmith ten pounds of gold and trusted him to make a crown using all of the gold he had given him, and no other materials. Instead, the king later discovers that the goldsmith had indeed betrayed him and went against his orders. His friend, Archimedes, begins helping the king prove the goldsmith