PROGRESS IN THE SCIENCE OF SHIPBUILDING.
The Lessons of Disaster—Sources of Scientific Knowledge—Government
Schools of Naval Architecture—Greenwich Royal Naval College—The
Transition from Sail to Steam and from Wood to Iron in Shipbuilding—
Labours of Russell, Rankine, and Froude—Institution of Naval
Architects—Recent Scientific Progress—Outlines of Fundamental
Principles—Shortened Methods of Ship Design—Metacentric Stability—
Atwood’s Stability Theorem—Improvements of Atwood’s Method—Stability
at Light-Draught—Stability Curves at Different Draughts—Cross-Curves
of Stability—Stability Curves by Experiment—Stowage as affecting
Stability—Speed and Power of Steamships—Approximating to Power
Required—Progressive Speed Trials—Curves of Speed and Power, &c.—
Speed Experiments with Models—Froude’s Law of Comparison—Relative
Efficiency of Hull, Engines, and Propellers—Investigations of
Strength of Iron Vessels—Reed’s and John’s Investigations—Strength
Investigations as Affecting Registry Rules—Agencies for Scientific
Education—University Chairs of Naval Architecture—List of Papers on
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