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 423
o loss of power, and any of these curves are eligi-ble as the water-line of a ship. But the pendulum curve is themost readily understood, and the most conveniently applicableto practical uses, while it perfectly fulfis the required indica-tions. If in any intended vessel we have a given form of… … the same area of midship-section, and by forming the water-linesfor this hypothetical vessel on the principle already explained.The area of cross-section at each successive frame of this hypo-thetical vessel, will be the proper area at each successive frameof the intended vessel. It is obvious…
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