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 326
the ship up to the assigned water-line, and is therefore commonlystyled the curve of buoyancy. Its area represents the totalbuoyancy or displacement to the assigned load-line. If, midwaybetween any two of the ordinates, a line is drawn perpendicular to chap, viii.] THE STRAINS EXPERIENCED BY SHIPS.… … draught and trim are maintained the curve of buoyancy obviouslyremains unaltered, although great changes may be made in thelongitudinal distribution of the weights on board a ship. The determination of the longitudinal distribution of the weightof a ship is less simple, and a large amount of work…
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