A manual of naval architecture. For the use of officers of the Royal Navy, officers of the Mercantile Marine, shipbuilders, shipowners, and yachtsmen (1889)
White, W. H. (William Henry), Sir, 1845-1913 · London, J. Murray · leaf 115
ty of hull and homo- centre of gravity of the geneous car2;o; 4. Curve of capacity for space ° • . occupied by cargo; 5. Scale of capacity (in ship lies above it, SO units of 1000 cubic feet) ; 6. Scale for height of ||)at the vessel is in of water^° ^ ^ ^^ ^ ^ ^°^* unstable equilibrium. It is… … * The author is indebted for this diagram to his friend Mr. John Inglis, juu. CHAP. III. STATICAL STABILITY OF SHIPS. 95 homogeneous cargo has its centre of gravity at C2, the commoncentre of gravity of ship and cargo is at G-o, and the metacentre isat M2, about 15 inches above the centre of…
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