 | Aeronautical Society of Great Britain - Aeronautics - 1871 - 588 pages
...swimming upon water its stability or stiffness depends, in general terms, upon the weight and distance from the centre of the section elevated above the...side, the combined endeavour of the one to fall and the other to swim produces the desired effect in a well-constructed boat. AERONAUTICAL SOCIETY The... | |
 | Aeronautics - 1894 - 642 pages
...swimming upon water, its stability or stiffness depends, in general terms, upon the weight and distance from the centre of the section elevated above the...the other to swim, produces the desired effect in a well-constructed boat. The centre of gravity of the boat being more or less below the centre of suspension... | |
 | James Means - 1910 - 272 pages
...swimming upon water, its stability or stiffness depends, in general terms, upon the weight and distance from the centre of the section elevated above the...the other to swim, produces the desired effect in a well-constructed boat. The centre of gravity of the boat being more or less below the centre of suspension... | |
 | Sir George Cayley, Bart - 1910 - 114 pages
...swimming upon water its stability or stiffness depends, in general terms, upon the weight and distance from the centre of the section elevated above the...any given heel of the boat on one side; and on the Flf. bulk and its distance from the centre, which is immersed below the water on the other side, the... | |
 | Aerodynamics - 2003 - 776 pages
...swimming upon water, its stability or stiffness depends, in general terms, upon the weight and distance from the centre of the section elevated above the...the other to swim, produces the desired effect in a well-constructed boat. The centre of gravity of the boat being more or less below the centre of suspension... | |
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... form for producing a steady descent, the purpose for which they are intended. To render this subject more familiar, let us recollect, that in a boat, swimming upon water, its stability or stiffness depends, in general terms, upon the weight and distance... 