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 170
d,or else, for any inclined water-line chosen, a calculation is made ofthe volume that water-line cuts off, and the position of its centre ofbuoyancy. A mechanical integrator of great ingenuity, devisedby Dr. Amsler (the inventor of the planimeter), enables these cal-culations to be very rapidly… … w. base-line OWW, taken; 0 corresponds to the point 0 in Fig. 66, and is the zero of draught. The draughts of water corresponding to the upright water-lines WjZj, w2li, etc., are next set off (to any selected scale) on the base-line, measuring from 0; Wb W2 W3, etc., represent these draughts;…
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