...told you that the length of the bow should be to that of the run as 3 to 2. The cause of this •was explained. The lines of the Great Eastern, the Author...less fine-lines and still go with the same velocity. The Author's paper next contained remarks upon the effects of the wave-line upon the stability of ships—its...

...Great Eastern, the.' author said, were neither more nor less than an exact copy of the wave lines. The length of the bow was 330 feet; the length of...valuable conclusion for practical shipbuilders to be diawn, independently of what had been stated about the lines. It was this; that proportionate length...

...because there was already provision for greater speed than the 15 miles an hour which the power tobe put into her could be expected to give; 120 feet of...might be of less finelines and still go with the same velority. There was ¡i very valuable conclusion for practical shipbuilders to be diawn, independently...

...lengthening the bow or the run, because there was already provision for greater speed than the fifteen miles an hour which the power to be put into her could...It was this : That proportionate length and breadth were not necessary at all for a fast vessel. It was not necessary for a fast vessel that she should...

...lengthening the bow or the run, because there was already provision for greater speed than the fifteen miles an hour which the power to be put into her could...valuable conclusion for practical ship-builders to bo drawn, independently of what had been stated about the lines. It was this : That proportionate length...

...provision for greater speed than the fifteen miles an hour which the power to bo put into flcr could bo expected to give; 120 feet of parallel body were therefore...might be of less fine-lines and still go with the samo velocity. > There was a very valuable conclusion for practical ship-builders to be drawn, independently...

...lengthening the bow or the run, because there was already provision for greater speed than the fifteen miles an hour which the power to be put into her could...It was this: That proportionate length and breadth were not necessary at all for a fast vessel. It was not necessary for a fast vessel that she should...

...expected to give; 120 feet of parallel body were therefore put into her amidships. The great ship might he of less fine-lines and still go with the same velocity....•was this : that proportionate length and breadth were not necessary at all for a fast vessel. It was not necessary for a fast vessel that she should...