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  2. A rising tide lifts all boats - Wikipedia

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    A rising tide lifts all the boats and as Arkansas becomes more prosperous so does the United States and as this section declines so does the United States. So I regard this as an investment by the people of the United States in the United States. However, in his 2009 memoir Counselor: A Life At The Edge Of History, Kennedy's speechwriter, Ted ...

  3. Buoyancy - Wikipedia

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    e. Buoyancy (/ ˈbɔɪənsi, ˈbuːjənsi /), [1][2] or upthrust is a net upward force exerted by a fluid that opposes the weight of a partially or fully immersed object. In a column of fluid, pressure increases with depth as a result of the weight of the overlying fluid. Thus, the pressure at the bottom of a column of fluid is greater than at ...

  4. Forces on sails - Wikipedia

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    Right-hand boat: Up wind (close-hauled) with attached airflow—predominant lift component both propels the boat and contributes to heel. Points of sail (and predominant sail force component for a displacement sailboat). A. Luffing (no propulsive force) — 0-30°. B. Close-Hauled (lift)— 30-50°. C. Beam Reach (lift)— 90°.

  5. Archimedes' principle - Wikipedia

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    In other words, for an object floating on a liquid surface (like a boat) or floating submerged in a fluid (like a submarine in water or dirigible in air) the weight of the displaced liquid equals the weight of the object. Thus, only in the special case of floating does the buoyant force acting on an object equal the objects weight.

  6. Boat lift - Wikipedia

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    A boat lift, ship lift, or lift lock is a machine for transporting boats between water at two different elevations, and is an alternative to the canal lock. It may be vertically moving, like the Anderton boat lift in England, rotational, like the Falkirk Wheel in Scotland, or operate on an inclined plane, like the Ronquières inclined plane in ...

  7. Seaplane - Wikipedia

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    Seaplane. A Grumman G-111 Albatross amphibious flying boat landing. OS2U Kingfisher in 1944. Seaplanes were commonly used in World War II for reconnaissance and search and rescue. They were launched from ships or seaplane tenders, or could take off from water in the right conditions. A seaplane is a powered fixed-wing aircraft capable of taking ...

  8. Abraham Lincoln's patent - Wikipedia

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    May 22, 1849. Location. Illinois. Abraham Lincoln's patent relates to an invention to buoy and lift boats over shoals and obstructions in a river. Abraham Lincoln conceived the invention when on two occasions the boat on which he traveled got hung up on obstructions. Lincoln's device was composed of large bellows attached to the sides of a boat ...

  9. Buoy - Wikipedia

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    Green can #11 near the mouth of the Saugatuck River (IALA region B). Green Can #11 on a nautical chart. NOAA Weather buoy. A buoy (/ ˈbɔɪ, buː.i /; boy, BOO-ee) [1][2] is a floating device that can have many purposes. It can be anchored (stationary) or allowed to drift with ocean currents.

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