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Modern instruments and methods of calculation : a handbook of the Napier Tercentenary Exhibition (1914)

Horsburg, E. M. (Ellice Martin), Napier Tercentenary Exhibition (1914 : Edinburgh, Scotalnd) · London : G. Bell · leaf 244

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ngs being taken at 3, 2, 1, and axis. The area readings forthe inside boundary are then added to the corresponding ones for the outsideboundary ; the moment readings for the inside are subtracted from thecorresponding ones for the outside. This method simplifies considerablythe work of obtaining a… … Fig. 16. necessary to have a series of longitudinal sections parallel to the water-lineof the vessel. These are not available for the preliminary calculation inthe early stages of a design. For the finished ship these planes can easilybe obtained, but other calculations are required which make it…

Napier, John, 1550-1617 · Calculators · Mathematical instruments

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