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angular velocity atmospheric pressure axis vertical barometer base bottle Boyle's Law centre of buoyancy centre of gravity centre of mass centre of pressure Clare Coll compressed cone constant contains curved surface cylinder depth distance effective surface energy equal pressure filled flexible membrane floats fluid free surface Hence homogeneous liquid horizontal plane hydrometer inches inclined indefinitely small infinite number Jesus Coll latus rectum length lower mercury surface metacentre metacentric height parallel perpendicular Peterhouse plates portion position of equilibrium PROP prove radius ratio respectively rest resultant external force resultant thrust right angles right circular rotation shearing stress shew shewn ship side solid specific gravity sphere surface of equal surface of equi-pressure surface-energy per unit temperature tension tetrahedron triangle tube unit area upper vertex vessel volume weight of water