so that the effective inertia of a sphere is increased by half the weight of liquid displaced; and in frictionless air or liquid the sphere, of weight W, will describe a parabola with vertical acceleration
| W − W′ | g. |
| W + ½W′ |
(30)
Thus a spherical air bubble, in which W/W′ is insensible, will begin to rise in water with acceleration 2g.
45. When the liquid is bounded externally by the fixed ellipsoid λ = λ1, a slight extension will give the velocity function φ of the liquid in the interspace as the ellipsoid λ = 0 is passing with velocity U through the confocal position; φ must now take the form x(ψ + N), and will satisfy the conditions in the shape
| φ = Ux | A + B1 + C1 | = Ux |
| , | |||||
| B0 + C0 − B1 − C1 |
|
(1)
and any confocal ellipsoid defined by λ, internal or external to λ = λ1, may be supposed to swim with the liquid for an instant, without distortion or rotation, with velocity along Ox
| U | Bλ + Cλ − B1 − C1 | . |
| B0 + C0 − B1 − C1 |