Text-book of theoretical naval architecture (1889)
Attwood, Edward L. (Edward Lewis), 1871- · London, New York [etc.] Longmans, Green, and Co. · leaf 42
ater, and have a greater freeboardthan when she started. Sea water weighs 64 lbs. to the cubicfoot, and the water in a river such as the Thames may betaken as weighing 63 lbs. to the cubic foot. In Fig. 21, letthe right-hand portion represent the ship floating in river water, Areas, Volumes,… … Let W = the weight of the ship in tons ; T = the tons per inch immersion at the water-line WL in salt water;X = the difference in draught between the water-linesWL, WL in inches.Then the volume of displacement— m river water = in sea water = the volume of the layer = W X 2240W X 2240W X 2240 W X…
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