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 275
slowly; but whenshe found herself in a seaway that rolled her in spite of 238 SHIP BUILDING her sluggishness, she had not s-afficient righting moment(or righting leverage) to return to an upright position. Strain.—It is clear that a structure designed to meet thestrains to which a ship is subjected… … (b) Fig. 2 may be buoyed up and the midship section unsupported,as in Fig. 2 (&). And the strains created thus are only afew of the total strains that will be felt by a ship rollingand pitching in a sea, while being driven through it by herpowerful engines. Composition of the Hull.—In the…
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