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 177
eoscillations. The position of the instantaneous axis about which a ship isturning at any moment, supposing her motion to be unresisted, andthe displacement to remain constant during the motion, may bedetermined by means of a geometrical construction due to the lateCanon Moseley. It may be most… … section, and touching the water surface at F, this circle will touchthe water-line corresponding to any other inclined position; for allthe tangents to this circle cut off from the circular section a segment equal in area to ~WTL. Thecircle I^F^ is termed the curve of flotation, and aright cylinder…
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