Resistance of Ships: Screw Propulsion (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Resistance of Ships: Screw Propulsion In his professional work the writer has often felt the need of a short treatise upon the resistance and propulsion of ships, containing data, formulæ, and tables for use in making estimates. Such a treatise he has endeavoured to produce. In handling the subject the papers read at various times before the Institution of Naval Architects by the late Mr. William Froude, and by Mr. R. E. Froude, his son, have been made much use of. This was necessarily the case, since the theories set forth in these papers are now generally accepted, and the experimental results given in them stand alone for accuracy and completeness. The book contains, however, a good deal of original matter which will, it is hoped, be found of value. The writer has endeavoured throughout to discuss ships as they are, not floating bodies in general, to set forth methods and deduce results as simple as the nature of the subject will allow, and sufficiently accurate for everyday use. The proof-sheets have been revised by Professor W. F. Durand of Sibley College, Cornell University. His assistance has been of the greatest value, not only as regards correction of the proof, but also in the discovery and correction of discrepancies in the original text. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.