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 209
est-ing facts which may be quoted. Supposing that ship to be fully * For fuller particulars, see a paper of the Institution of Naval Architects forby Mr. Thornycroft in the Transactions 1892. 184 NAVAL ARCHITECTURE. [chap. IV. laden, witli sides intact and a metacentric height of 8^ feet, herperiod… … When the ends are riddled the metacentric height falls to 2 feet,the period is increased to 10 seconds, and the curve of extinction isthe steepest curve. Supposing the very extreme condition termed riddled and gutted to be reached, the metacentric height is -24foot, the period is 13 seconds, and…
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