Text-book of theoretical naval architecture (1889)
Attwood, Edward L. (Edward Lewis), 1871- · London, New York [etc.] Longmans, Green, and Co. · leaf 89
Naval Architecture. By the use of the planimeter the vohime of displacement ofa vessel can very readily be determined. The body plan istaken, and the L.W.L. is marked on. The pointer of the in-strument is then passed round each section in turn, up to theL.W.L., the readings being tabulated. If the… … Ayf Pointer. required volume of displacement. Or we could put the actualdifference of readings through Simpsons multipliers, andmultiply at the end by the constant multiplier. It is frequently the practice to shorten the process asfollows : The body-plan is arranged so that Simpsons first ralewill…
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