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Elements of yacht design (1904)

Skene, Norman L. (Norman Locke), 1878-1932 · New York : The Rudder Pub. Co. · leaf 17

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e loss on the convex portionof the curve is offset partially or entirely by the gain on the concave por-tion. Simpsons rule assumes the portion of the curve BCD (fig. 2) tobe an arc of a parabola tangent to mn (drawn parallel to BD) at C andthe area BCD is added to, or subtracted from the area of… … ELEMENTS Ol- YACHT DESIGN 7 and steep at the ends shows the trapezoidal rule at its worst. The heightof the arc is four inches and the length of the chord twelve inches, makingthe interval i.2 inches with eleven stations. The calculation is as follows: STATION ORDINATE SIMPSON SMULTIPLIERS…

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