Bartlett, W. H. C. (William Holms Chambers), 1804-1893 · New York : Barnes · leaf 518
l not overturn when equilibrium;careened; if unstable, it will; if indifferent, the body willretain any position in which it may be placed. Let MQN repre-sent a section of anybody, as a boat atrest upon the water,of which the uppersurface is AB, calledthe plane of floatation.When this plane… … plane of Uoatation; 5U NATURAL PHILOSOPHY. series of cuttingplanes; Fig. 308. boat; this whatever be her position, whether careened or erect.Whence it follows, that if a series of planes M N, M N,&c, be passed, making the volumes MQN, M QN~,&c, respectively equal to MQN, these planes will,…
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