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Elements of yacht design (1904)

Skene, Norman L. (Norman Locke), 1878-1932 · New York : The Rudder Pub. Co. · leaf 20

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Simpsons rule multiplied by the distancebetween stations gives the distance from the center of gravity to the sta-tion about which moments were taken. The comparisons just made of the working of the trapezoidal andSimpsons rule show the latter to be the more accurate. The trapezoidalrule, however,… … FIG. 5. it may be used with any number of stations and involves much less numer-ical work in its application. These considerations more than atone forits being slightly less accurate. Some special calculations will now bepresented. The area of a triangle is equal to one-half the product of its base…

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