Archimedes principle vs Atwood's principle

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cjl said:
I'm not even convinced that that result is correct.
I didn't say so. I said that you cannot justify an equation even if it has some correct partial result.
So, I agree with your withholding of judgment.
 
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abdo799 said:
I read the talk page about the atwood's machine , he is saying that this concept puts in consideration the inertia of the moving fluid that replaces the volume of the object .
That is just the standard drag in a medium. It will not correspond to anything you can calculate with that Atwood approach.
The acceleration of objects in water can exceed g.
 
mfb said:
That is just the standard drag in a medium. It will not correspond to anything you can calculate with that Atwood approach.
The acceleration of objects in water can exceed g.

I know, i searched about this atwood thing in a textbook, found nothing