The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette (1839)
London : [William Laxton] · leaf 104
be applied opposite thecentre of pressure. To find this point we have c:=20 and rf=;10, e ^ 2d- _20 2xlCr- _20_200_20therefore g a^c+f/) - 3 3(20+10) ~ 3 90 ~ 3 40 44 ^=:-„-=.- feet, the distance required. 20 ■ 9 60—209 A proper knowledge of the position of the centre of pressure willenable us to… … each other, the next best point to secure is evidently at the centre ofpressure of the whole depth of water, or using the same notation asbefore at ^c from the bottom. If more stays are necessary, the most 7c 5 cimportant points to be secured are those at the distance — and —- from the bottom, or…
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