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 151
determining the moment of the couple formed by the weight andbuoyancy apply to all angles of inclination; and it is consequently 126 NAVAL ARCHITECTURE. [CHAP. III. only necessary to fix for any angle the vertical line, passing throughthe centre of buoyancy, along which the resultant upward… … cross-section of a ship which, when upright, floated at the water-lineWxLj, having the volume of displacement indicated by WjXLj,and the centre of buoyancy B^ When inclined as in the diagram,WL is the water-line, WXL the volume of displacement, and Bthe corresponding centre of buoyancy. Since the…
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