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 676
position resemblingthat of the rudder-post in ordi-nary screw steamers, and the after part alone (AB) is used -=S^M^3iT=3^HSS^ FIG. 164.to steer the ship. This morecomplicated arrangement wasdevised because, in some of theships first fitted with largebalanced rudders, complaintswere made that… … FIG. 165. FIG. 166. FIG. 167. Profile. under sail, and the difficulty in manoeuvring disappeared. Some ofthe compound rudders, in fact, have had their two parts rigidlysecured to one another, and are now worked as simple balancedrudders. Another form of rudder is illustrated by Fig. 167. It…
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