Treatise on marine and naval architecture, or, Theory and practice blended in ship building. Illustrated with more than 50 engravings (1852)
Griffiths, John W. (John Willis), 1809-1882 · New York : D. Appleton · leaf 504
in this casewe discover the centre of buoyancy,which is at the sirmark A, to be near-ly 5 feet forward of the centre of late-ral resistance. The casual observermay be able here to discover the cause,viz., the rake of the stem forward, andthe preponderance of surface to* thecentre-board on the after… … THE LIBRARYUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA Santa Barbara THIS BOOK IS DUE ON THE LAST DATESTAMPED BELOW.
Naval architecture
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