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 120
ved across the deck through a known distance. The vessel CHAP. III. STATICAL STABILITY OF SHIPS. 99 becomes inclined, and after a short time rests almost steadily inthis new position ; in other words, is once more in equilibrium, asshown in Fig. 36. Consequently, for this new position, the… … deck, and it is this movement of the centre of gravity that pro-duces the inclination. Suppose a to be the angle of inclinationnoted on the plumb-lines when the ballast W has been movedthrough the transverse distance d. Then (since GG^ is perpendi-cular to GM) we have, GGi = G]\r tan a; or GM = GG^…
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