Argonauts of the western Pacific; an account of native enterprise and adventure in the archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea (1922)
Malinowski, Bronislaw, 1884-1942 · London, G. Routledge & Sons, ltd.; New York, E.P. Dutton & Co. · leaf 168
rialon the other, the native ship-builders have coped with thedifficulties before them. A sailing craft requires a water-tight, immersible vesselof some considerable volume. This is supplied to our nativesby a hollowed-out log. Such a log might carry fairly heavyloads, for wood is light, and the… … Figure I—Diagram showing in transversal section some principles ofcanoe stability and construction. the middle, that is, distributed symmetrically, will not upsetthe equilibrium, but any load placed so as to produce amomentum of rotation (that is, a turning force) at the sides(as indicated by…
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