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 116
go 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 gravity G2. As the shiphas taken in cargo, she has therefore acquired stiffness. So far thediagram represents the common practice described… … second, there is a curve givingthe locus of the centre of gravityof the cargo-space as the heightof the cargo is increased. Thecurve of capacity resembles in itsconstruction the curve of dis-placement described on page 6;and the curve of centres ofgravity of cargo-spaces resemblesthe locus of the…
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