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A treatise on hydrostatics (1894)

Greenhill, G. (George), Sir, 1847-1927 · London and New York, Macmillan and Co. · leaf 179

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when FH is a minimum. 168 STABILITY OF A SHIP If the ship heels through a small angle of A0 radiansat the displacement F, so that the c.B. is changed from^1 to B^, and if GZ^ is the perpendicular from G on thenew vertical M-^B^, and H the corresponding point onthe consecutive cross curve of… … Fig. 42. 114. The stability of a ship must always be secured atthe smallest draft when the hold is empty, and againat the load draft down to the Plimsoll mark. The first condition must be the care of the navalarchitect, for stability at launching and during fittingout; but the second condition of…

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