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 97
when held steadily in an inclined position bya mechanical couple to return towards her natural position ofequilibrium—the upright—in which she rests when floatingfreely. This effort, as explained above, is measured by themoment of the couple formed by the weight aud buoyancy.Hence we may write, for… … buoyancy, instead of falling to the right of GT (as in section,Fig. 30), and so tending to restore the ship to the upright,will fall to the left and tend to upset her or make her moveaway from the upright position. This matter will be more fullyexplained hereafter. Starting from the upright, a ship…
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