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 402
were fitted oneach side to strengthen the connection between the awning and thehull, and to enable them to act together in resisting longitudinalbending. The diagrams explain further particulars. The vesselwas driven by paddles placed under the sloping stern; the boilerwas placed at the bow, where… … 37^ NAVAL ARCHITECTURE. [chap. ix. the tow-rope was secured near the middle of the length and ledalong over the awning. Besults of Calculations of Longitudinal Strength.—The comparisonof a ship to a girder in her resistance to longitudinal bending isextremely useful in connection with structural…
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