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 720
gths. Expressed algebraically, if Ai and A2 are the areasof the middle-line planes of two similar ships ; ax and a^ the rudderareas; ^ and Z2 the lengths: the rule would be— This would give a much larger area to the rudders of long shipsthan is commonly adopted; and, as a matter of fact, long… … best form for rudders. In Fig. 176 a few of the commoner forms areillustrated. The balanced rudder a has been previously described;b is a form much in vogue for the older classes of sailing ships andunarmoured screw-ships of theEoyal Navy, the broader partbeing near the heel of the rudder,and the…
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