In attacking some evils the best way to sweep them down, is often to
use our greatest bulk and energy at the outset; as a ship, according
to M. C. L. Meyher, moves fastest when the bow is made larger than the
stern.
It should be noted in passing that all creatures that are
called upon to move rapidly through a fluid are much slenderer
behind than before, and it should be added that forms that
are too slender in front are quite unsuited for great speeds.
This may easily be demonstrated, but would take us too far
from our subject for the moment. We should only say that it is
difficult to understand why designers so often persist in giving
to vessels forms that are more slender in the bow than in the
stern, when the contrary should be the case.--_Revue Generale
des Sciences._
(3031)
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