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 95
acting vertically upwards through thecentre of buoyancy B. If (as in the diagram) the line joiningthe centres G- and B is vertical, it obviously represents the 4 jya val architecture. CHAP. in. common line of action of tlie weight and buoyancy, which areoqnal and opposite vertical forces; in that… … Ct and B are not in the same vertical line, the equal and oppositeforces of the weight and buoyancy do not balance each other,but form a mechanical couple, tending to disturb the ship,either by heeling her or by producing change of trim or causingboth these changes. If D = total weight of the ship…
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