Text-book of theoretical naval architecture (1889)
Attwood, Edward L. (Edward Lewis), 1871- · London, New York [etc.] Longmans, Green, and Co. · leaf 182
line WL will come. What wehave to do is this : Assume a water-line wl passing throughS; find the volume of the assumed immersed wedge /SL, thevolume of the assumed emerged wedge wSW, and the area ofthe assumed water-plane wl. Then the difference of thevolumes of the wedges divided by the area of… … Fig. 77. found, and a mean taken between it and the original. Inthis way the thickness of the layer can be correctly found.If the immersed wedge is in excess, the layer has to be de-ducted; ifithe emerged wedge is in excess, the layer has to beadded. To get the volumes of either of the wedges, we…
Naval architecture
Internet Archive · Cornell University Library · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
