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Shaskolskaya & Eltsin Problem 138
Physics · mechanics
Problem
The change in the acceleration caused by the force of gravity which takes place on a change in latitude acts equally on the steamer and on the water in which the steamer floats. Therefore the steamer's draught will not alter.
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