RESULTS OF THE EXPERIMENTS OF 1836. 



101 



] Depths of Immersion, g 



iving measures of resistance for sixteen forms of the floating body. 



RLETON.— Pl. III. Fig. 2. 



HOUSTON.— Pi,. III. F 



IG. 3. 



RAITH.— Pl. Ill 



. Fig. 4. 





IT. 



II. Tons. 



IV. Tons. 



Light. 



II. Tons. I 



V. Tons. 



Light. 



11. Tons. 



IV. Tons. 





9 



10,339 



14,819 



6,076 



10,556 



16,036 



5,859 



10,339 



14,819 



Total mass. 



in. 



13.5 in. 



16.0 in. 



7.3 in. 



11.0 in. 



15.0 in. 



7.5 in. 



11.0 in. 



15.0 in. 



Immersion. 



ice in 



Resistance in 



Resistance in 



Resistance in 



Resistance in F 



esistance in 



Resistance in 



Resistance in 



Resistance in 



Squares of 



Is. 



pounds. 



pounds. 



pounds. 



pounds. 



pounds. 



pounds. 



pounds. 



pounds. 



Velocity. 





... 



42.0 



... 



... 



... 



... 



... 



... 



14.8482 

 15.1796 





47.3 



46,6 



... 



... 



... 



... 



... 



... 



16.0867 

 17.0763 



) 



52.5 







... 



... 



60.0 



... 



... 



... 



18.1592 

 19.3497 





■ • ■ 







37.'5 



> ■ • 



66.0 



40.'2 



... 



*•• 



20.6612 





54.0 







44.0 



64.6 



... 



... 



81.0 



... 



22.1106 

 23.7182 





... 



109.5 



53.0 



.•• 



... 



■ •• 



... 



• •• 



25.6076 





... 



114.0 



... 



72.7 



... 



60.0 



83.0 



116.0 



27.5075 





... 



117.0 



... 



... 



... 



... 



• •• 



... 



29.7521 





99.7 



(126.0\ 

 ll44.0/ 



88.0 



... 



166.5 



... 



103.6 



(148.0) 

 1180.0/ 



32.2838 





114.7 



... 



... 



... j 



[ 172.5 \ 



1255.0/ 



... 



... 



... 



36.1611 



5 



J 133.5 

 1169.0 



169.01 

 235.0/ 



98.0 



197.0 - 



1252.0 

 1279.0 



87.0 

 98.0 



126.7 

 218.0 



110.0) 

 294.0/ 



38.4195 





(177.0\ 

 1210.0/ 







(196.0 i 

 1268.0 1 



288.0 



100.0) 

 166.0/ 





( 306.0) 

 1357.0/ 



42.1666 





«■* 



• ■• 



[324.0 



... 



> 



(216.0) 

 \285.0j 



... 



196.0 



... 



... 



... 



... 



• • 



48.4876 



3 





... 



(181.0\ 

 (210.0/ 



... 



... 



... 



... 



... 



51.6088 







(255.01 

 1842.0/ 



... 



... 



306.0\ 

 830.0 / 



... 



(163.0) 

 1189.0/ 



262.0 



... 



67.3921 



ve fee 



t per second j 



• the form an( 



1 fHinensions 



Df the channel ai 



•e given in 



Plate II. Fig, 



E. 







[) 



328.0 



... 1 





1 











72.6369 



3 



■ ■ • 







234.0 







... 



. • . 



• ■ . 



■ • • 



81.8869 













• ■ ■ 







> • • 



225.0 







94.0628 



, 









241.5 







• • • 



• • • 







110.0290 



J 



... 







. • . 







■ ■ • 



• • • 



• • • 





129.1326 



, 



. . . 







... 







• • • 



> • • 



• • • 



... 



163.6784 



, 









. . . 







• * ;> 



• • • 



. • > 



... 



185.9504 





















... 





229.6683 



The magnitude of the wave depends upon the wave's age in such a mannerj that when the vessel has been rapidly brought to a 

 )le interval of time, the anterior waves have accumulated in the direction of the motion, and the height of the wave is increased 

 variations in the resistance of the fluid to a given body moving with a given velocity, and is the source of the double observa" 



