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 274
pproximating to themaximum rolling to which a ship is likely to be subjected in aseaway, and for pronouncing upon her safety against or liability tocapsizing. It has already been applied in certain critical cases, andits accuracy has been confirmed by comparisons of the results obtainedby its use… … •of an investigation made for H.M.S. Endymion when rolling, withno sail set, among waves 512 feet long and 22 feet high. On thebase-line AB, abscissae measurements correspond to time reckoned fromsome selected epoch. Any ordinate of the curve of wave slopeshows the slope of the effective wave…
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