Ships, Boats & the Deep
Why Boats Float
Push water aside and it shoves back — that shove holds a boat up. And the very same rule is how a ship of solid steel floats when a steel ball sinks.
This ship weighs more than a small mountain. A pebble weighs nothing. So why does the giant float — and the pebble sink like a stone?
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BuoyancyDisplacementArchimedes' PrincipleAverage DensityHollow HullShape vs Material