Text-book of theoretical naval architecture (1889)
Attwood, Edward L. (Edward Lewis), 1871- · London, New York [etc.] Longmans, Green, and Co. · leaf 228
at the Greyhound!s bow was 190feet clear of the Actives stern. The actual stress on the tow-rope at its extremity was not required, but the horizontalcomponent. This would be the stress that was overcomingthe resistance, the vertical component being due to theweight of the tow-rope. The horizontal… … — Speed in Kmots. — Fig. 96. the sources mentioned above. The horizontal stress on thetow-rope was equal to the nett resistance of the Greyhound.The results can be represented graphically by a curve, abscissaerepresenting speed, and ordinates representing the resistancein pounds. Such a curve is…
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