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... middle , and suppose that B D A , fig . 1 , shews a vertical transverse section C Bb and CA a being sections of the aforesaid prisms , N and M being their respective centres of gravity . Now , suppose the vessel inclined and a b the ...
... middle , and suppose that B D A , fig . 1 , shews a vertical transverse section C Bb and CA a being sections of the aforesaid prisms , N and M being their respective centres of gravity . Now , suppose the vessel inclined and a b the ...
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... middle line , was balanced by the moment of the water , but the weights set in motion their angular momentum , is now equal to their weight multiplied by the square of * I have seen a boat under sail capsize on taking a heavy vessel in ...
... middle line , was balanced by the moment of the water , but the weights set in motion their angular momentum , is now equal to their weight multiplied by the square of * I have seen a boat under sail capsize on taking a heavy vessel in ...
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... middle line , the water will no longer balance this , the practical stability will be reduced , and the vessel will roll through large arcs easily , but so quick as to impair her usefulness very much . If we assume that the weight of ...
... middle line , the water will no longer balance this , the practical stability will be reduced , and the vessel will roll through large arcs easily , but so quick as to impair her usefulness very much . If we assume that the weight of ...
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... middle is greater than that abaft , then the motion will be more resisted forward than aft , and the mo- mentum of the weights abaft and above not being over- come , the roll ( so to speak ) will continue , the axis will change to a ...
... middle is greater than that abaft , then the motion will be more resisted forward than aft , and the mo- mentum of the weights abaft and above not being over- come , the roll ( so to speak ) will continue , the axis will change to a ...
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... middle of the water - line , while that of the Flying - fish , at her constructive draught of 18 inches by the stern , was only 1ft . 2in . * before the middle of the water - line . ( See Fig . 7. ) The volumes above and below the water ...
... middle of the water - line , while that of the Flying - fish , at her constructive draught of 18 inches by the stern , was only 1ft . 2in . * before the middle of the water - line . ( See Fig . 7. ) The volumes above and below the water ...
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abaft the centre abaft the middle action Albion alteration Anglo-Saxon armament axis beam BENJAMIN THORPE body bowsprit breadth carried Carysfort centre of effort centre of gravity cloth Columbine difference distance draught Edited effect English engravings equal Eurydice evil excess forward feet abaft Fincham fore fore-body fore-mast full after-body further aft further forward Glossary gravity of displacement greater guns helm History hull illustrated immersed inclined increase J. O. HALLIWELL JAMES ORCHARD HALLIWELL John Russell Smith keel less longitudinal plane masts moments of inertia Naval Architecture nearly negative resistance obtained original price paddle peg-top form perpendicular pitch and scend plates Post 8vo practical stability pressure printed proportion proportionate length resistance Rodney roll rudder Russell Smith sailing vessels sewed Shakespeare shew shewn ship side Soho Square speed steam vessels steering stern stowage suppose tion tons trim velocity vertical plane Vincent vols volume water-line weatherliness weight wind woodcuts
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