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 344
counter-kneesconstituted the main strengthening at the sterns of wood sliips,and they were very frequently broken in the throat by theworking of the post produced by the action of the propeller; nowsuch accidents are scarcely known in the Koyal Navy. Thebody-post is also strongly connected to the… … insoluble problem has been satisfactorily dealt with. This is butone example from the many which any reader interested in thesubject will discover on investigating the details of constructionin various classes of ships. The local strains incidental to propulsion by sails require tobe carefully…
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