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 644
s in her will be moving in concentric paths. The fore endof keel-line of the ship will be turned within the tangent to thepath of the centre of gravity, making a drift-angle with it ofgreater or less amount. In Fig. 133c, 0 represents the centre ofthe circle; G^GGo the path of the centre of… … circular path describel by the point P coincirles with the keel-line ; consequently there is no drift-angle at P, and it is some-times termed the pivoting point, because, to an observer onboard, the ship seems to be turning about it (see also remarks onpage 618). It will be understood, of course,…
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