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Somerscales, A. N · Glasgow : J. Munro; London, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent · leaf 262
■centre of buoyancy, althoughwe may not know how far thelatter is from A. But where Fig. 99. this vertical line cuts the ■centre line (or centre plane) of the ship is known as the meta-centrefor that inclination. We have to find CM. First, as regards the distance CA, which is drawn parallel tothe… … 26o STABILITY. Since CA tangent M CMCM = CA H- tang. M. This is the equation for finding the meta-centric height—CM = oeia -^ -035 = 175 feet. The position of the meta-centre changes with the inclinationof a vessel, but when the term is used without qualification it isunderstood to mean the…
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