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 211
ARCHITECTURE. [CHAP. IV. approximate. This will be further explained hereafter (see alsoChapter XH.). An illustration of the use of this curve of (cosines)4, or wind-curve, is given in Fig. 76 ; it is marked WCDW. Two curves ofstability (1 and 2), for the Captain and Monarch respectively,… … A *> for their different displacements. It will be assumed that they haveequal sail-spread and moments of sail, so that one wind-curve willserve for both ships. The force of wind is supposed sufficient tohold the Captain at a steady heel of nearly 10 degrees, and theMonarch at a slightly greater…
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