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 188
f 1881. The experimental inquiries of the In-dexible Committee also furnished remarkable evidence of thepossible effects of free-water. From the results obtained withthe model of that ship, the Committee gave the following facts.Wlien the ship is fully laden, with sides intact, her… … to 2 feet, the period is increased to 10 seconds, and the curve of ex-tinction is the steepest curve. Supposing the very extreme condi-tion termed riddled and gutted to be reached, the metacentricheight is 24 foot, the period is 13 seconds, and the curve of ex-tinction is the middle curve.…
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