Handbook of the steam-engine. Containing all the rules required for the right construction and management of engines of every class, with the easy arithmetical solution of those rules. Constituting a key to the 'Catechism of the steam-engine.' (1874)
Bourne, John · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 417
re in what way we shall mould this log intoa model which shall offer the least possible hydrostatic resist-ance in being drawn through the water, we have the followingconsiderations to guide us in arriving at the desired knowledge:We shall, for the sake of simplification, suppose that the… … -x afterwards show, the supposition of its adoption in this case willsimplify the required explanations. We first draw a centre line x y longitudinally along the topof the model from end to end, and continue the line verticallydownward at the ends as at y z, which vertical lines will formthe stem…
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