DBQ MAKING INFERENCES How does this
description of Archimedes' discovery of the
theory of water displacement illustrate the
Hellenistic methods of scientific study?

"[Archimedes] happened to go to the bath, and
on getting into the tub observed that the more
[he] sank into it the more water ran out over the
tub... Without a moment's delay, and transported
with joy, he jumped out of the tub and rushed
home ... crying with a loud voice that he had
found what he was seeking; for as he ran he
shouted repeatedly in Greek, 'Eureka! Eureka!""
-Vitruvius, from De architectura, Book IX