[net.physics] How ship floats: the INTUITIVELY OBVIOUS approach

merrill@rex.DEC (12/13/84)

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!:-)