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... sailing vessels also , and vessels of war , the writer has observed that other good qualities combined with speed have been exhibited in proportion as they have approached to , or receded from , the wave system of construction . This ...
... sailing vessels also , and vessels of war , the writer has observed that other good qualities combined with speed have been exhibited in proportion as they have approached to , or receded from , the wave system of construction . This ...
Page xii
... appears , good qualities as a sea - boat , may be combined with fast sailing in a high degree , and that , by aid of the wave principle , they have been so combined in actual practice . ment . has shewn that it is to the members xii.
... appears , good qualities as a sea - boat , may be combined with fast sailing in a high degree , and that , by aid of the wave principle , they have been so combined in actual practice . ment . has shewn that it is to the members xii.
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... sails well , must depend in a great measure upon her stability . The inclining power of the sail varies only as the cube , while the stability or power to resist inclination varies as the fourth power of the dimensions . As the nominal ...
... sails well , must depend in a great measure upon her stability . The inclining power of the sail varies only as the cube , while the stability or power to resist inclination varies as the fourth power of the dimensions . As the nominal ...
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... sail , has the least armament . The odds which the old form has to contend against : —This is one of the great disadvantages under which the old form labours , when competing with the peg - top form , that of being smaller ships , with ...
... sail , has the least armament . The odds which the old form has to contend against : —This is one of the great disadvantages under which the old form labours , when competing with the peg - top form , that of being smaller ships , with ...
Page 11
... 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 tow , heavy as compared with herself . their perpendicular distance from the middle line , the water 11.
... 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 tow , heavy as compared with herself . their perpendicular distance from the middle line , the water 11.
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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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