metacentre: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Added illustration of a ship's centre of gravity, centre of buoyancy, and metacentre. Dec 03, 2020
Definition of metacentre modified. Oct 02, 2012
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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