...the axis to deviate farther from the vertical, and the equilibrium is unstable : Hence the rule, iii. The equilibrium of a floating body is stable or unstable according as the metacentre is above or belcrw the centre of gravity. Fig. 86. The determination of the metacentre can rarely be affected except...

...axis to deviate farther from the vertical, and the equilibrium is unstable. Hence the rule — iii. The equilibrium of a floating body is stable or unstable according as J/if metacentre is above or below the centre of gravity. The determination of the metacentre can rarely...

...axis to deviate farther from the vertical, and the equilibrium is unstable. Hence the rule — iii. The equilibrium of a floating body is stable or unstable according as the metacentre is abmie or below the centre of gravity. The determination of the metacentre can rarely be effected except...

...gravity of the floating body must be in the same vertical line with that of the fluid displaced. III. The equilibrium of a floating body is stable or unstable...metacentre is above or below the centre of gravity. — Ganot, Elements de Physique, §§ 89, 106. The periodical return of eclipses, as known to the Chaldean...

...gravity of the floating body must be in the same vertical line with that of the fluid displaced. III. The equilibrium of a floating body is stable or unstable...as the metacentre is above or below the centre of gravi'Ganot, Elements de Physique, §§ 89, 106. The periodical return of eclipses, as known to the...

...liquid, will tend to right the floating body after the displacement or to upset it, according to whether the metacentre is above or below the centre of gravity of the whole solid. Let that CG be R, MN representing the surface of the fluid, and let S Tbe the straight...

...original centre of buoyancy is called the Metacentre. The body is in stable or unstable equilibrium according as the Metacentre is above or below the centre of gravity of the body. It follows therefore that, to insure the stability of a floating body, its centre of gravity must be...

...of buoyancy is called the Metacentre. The body is in stable or unstable equilibrium according •is the Metacentre is above or below the centre of gravity of the body. It follows therefore that, to insure the stability of a floating body, its centre of gravity must be...

...vertical plane through the axis. 8. Prove that a floating body is in stable or unstable equilibrium, 10 according as the metacentre is above or below the centre of gravity. A thin hollow cone, with a base, floats in water wherever it is placed. Find the vertical angle. 9....

...gravity of the floating body must be in the same vertical line with that of the fluid displaced. 3. The equilibrium of a floating body is stable or unstable according as the metacenter is above or below the center of gravity. (Ganot's Physics, art. 114.) PRESSURE PRODUCED...