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 117
go-steamer; but in this case the curves of capacity andheights of centres of gravity of cargo are omitted. The referenceletters agree with those on Fig. ?>0d; and it will be observed thatunder the assumed conditions of stowage the vessel is in unstableequilibrium both when light and when fully… … vessel represents a class which is successfully employed in certaintrades, with the frequent use of water-ballast when homogenouscargoes are carried. Summing up the foregoing remarks on the metacentric methodof estimating stability, it may again be stated that the meta-centre is simply a fixed…
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