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 90
reason why so many shipslose their trim at sea when under a pressof sail. The reasons almost universallyassigned (when a reason can be givenfor crowding so much sail forward) areto prevent the ship from carrying toomuch of the weather helm ; in otherwords, to prevent her strong tendenejto come to… … «• MARINE AND NAVAL ARCHITECTURE. 75 fulcrum, be concentrated at a singlepoint, and represented as sustainingall the forces tending to propel theship ; but like the centre of gravity,it is an imaginary axis, and yet it isthe index which will faithfully exhibitany discrepancy of moment in the…
Naval architecture
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