A manual of naval architecture for the use of officers of the Royal Navy, officers of the Mercantile Marine, yachtsmen, shipowners, and shipbuilders (1894)
White, W. H. (William Henry), Sir, 1845-1913 · London : J. Murray · leaf 120
perience is the best guide fornaval architects in selecting the values of metacentric heights (GrM, Fig. 34) for various classes of ships, when circumstances permitof such selection. The following information respecting the actualmetacentric heights in different classes will be of interest.… … 96 NA VAL ARCHITECTURE. [chap. hi. the change in metacentric height varies in different classes, beingaffected both by the character of the metacentric locus and bythe manner in which the consumable weights were originallystored. In some cases there is practically no change in stiffness with…
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