A special note here to add to this abstract post in general, to take a look at the april 15th scientific worlds commemoration of Leonard Euler and this link to University of Michigan's 04/16/2007 post pdf file: http://www.engin.umich.edu/dept/name/Announcements/2007-04-16_Leonhard_Euler_...
Leonhard Euler and the Theory of Ships
Horst Nowacki, Berlin
--------------Away we go here on this next one! It will all pull together (today hopefuly) , still very much abstract:
A sculpture in Ice! (THIS LINK HAS CHANGED) Try this link for your own ideas in paint! Thats the image I saw that got me to click on the Valspar home page, which does have a pretty neat feature for setting up and matching colors; their words: Create your own Idea Notebook Save projects, colors and images !
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Ship Drag?
Understanding the Prismatic Coefficient
Maybe this is to technical to explain?
A second try at "Ship Drag"