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 704
ed forward. Cases may occur where the drift-angle at thecentre of gravity is so considerable that the pivoting point liesbefore the bow, and is found on the keel-line produced. By means CHAP. XVIII.] THE STEERING OF SHIPS. 679 of a construction similar to that shown for the centre of gravity G,the… … The angle DBQ is greater than the drift-angle BGrT, for the centreof gravity; and it will be obvious that, for all points lying betweenB and the pivoting point P, the drift-angle will remain of the samesign, but decrease in value as the distance of the point under con-sideration from P diminishes.…
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