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 178
lation in still watercan be very closely approxi-mated to, although there isno fixed axis of rotation. It may be interesting toshow how the metacentremoves during unresisted roll-ing, instead of being fixed inspace, as is often supposed.Taking once more the cylin-drical vessel of circular… … 154 NAVAL ARCHITECTURE. [chap. iv. her position at the extremity of the roll. The centre of gravity Gmores vertically, as explained above, and during the roll rises fromGr to G1; the corresponding position of the metacentre being MP Asthe ship rolls, therefore, the metacentre sways to and fro…
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