The mariners' handbook; a convenient reference book for navigators, yachtsmen, and seamen of all classes (1906)
International Correspondence Schools, Roden, Ernest Konrad, 1866-, International Correspondence Schools. Pocketbook · Scranton, Pa. : International Textbook Co. · leaf 273
a compromisedictated by considerations of the special duty for which theship is to be used. Stability.—In the arrangement of the weights and thedimensions of the hull, the first consideration is the stabilityof the ship; or, in other words, its safety from the possi-bility of capsizing. The… … Fig. 1 at G, and we may consider the whole weight of the ship tobe concentrated at this point and acting downwards. Thisdownward force is balanced by the buoyancy of the immersedsection, constituting an upward force that may be consideredas concentrated at B, the center of figure of the…
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