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 52
in Fig. 14, instead of supposing anempty midship compartment equal to one-seventh of the length tobe filled, and to cause a loss of one-seventh of the buoyancy, let itbe supposed that a compartment only half as long and half as largeat one end (shown by m&LA in the diagram) is filled. The… … Jt t- -2s^3ejr==j||ifi head hhm, although as high as those amidships, would be put underwater by the change of trim. Consequently, unless the main deckis made watertight as far aft as the bulkhead hm, this very smallcompartment forward might, from its influence on the trim, be largeenough to sink…
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