Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site decwrl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!zehntel!dual!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-rex!merrill From: merrill@rex.DEC Newsgroups: net.physics Subject: How ship floats: the INTUITIVELY OBVIOUS approach Message-ID: <234@decwrl.UUCP> Date: Thu, 13-Dec-84 08:03:21 EST Article-I.D.: decwrl.234 Posted: Thu Dec 13 08:03:21 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 15-Dec-84 01:39:24 EST Sender: daemon@decwrl.UUCP Organization: DEC Engineering Network Lines: 5 Take any vessel of water (ocean, v-shaped trough) carefully :-) cut out the shape of your ship, insert ship hull and add weight equal to the weight of the water removed. THE PRESSURE THAT HELD THE OLD WATER IN PLACE NOW HOLDS THE SHIP IN PLACE. This is independent of type of fluid, shape of hull, planetary gravitation, velocity of light, etc. Just don't Drop the ship!:-)