Naval Architect's & Shipbuilder's Pocket-book ...: With a Section on Aeronautics

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Henley, 1916 - 742 pages
 

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Page 13 - A conic section is the locus of a point which moves so that its distance from a fixed point, called the focus, is in a constant ratio to its distance from a fixed straight line, called the directrix.
Page vii - PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION. THE object of this work is to show how the States of Europe have gained the form and character which they possess at the present moment.
Page 8 - To shew that the angle subtended at the centre of a circle by an arc equal to the radius of the circle if the same for all circles.
Page 38 - ... multiply the square of the diameter by ,7854 and the product will be- the area.
Page 8 - In order to obtain accurate measurements each degree is divided into 60 equal parts called minutes and each minute is divided into 60 equal parts called seconds.
Page 37 - From 8 times the chord of half the arc, subtract the chord of the whole arc ; one-third of the remainder will be the length of the arc nearly.
Page 463 - If the following conditions are complied with the Surveyor need raise no question as to the substitution of spring loaded valves for dead weighted valves : — (1.) That at least two valves are fitted to each boiler. (2.) That the valves are of the proper size, as by clause 124.
Page 457 - ... ordinary heat of steam, and in the case of combustion chambers that the ends are fitted to the edges of the tube plate and the back plate of the combustion box : — CX d2 x T W = width of combustion box in inches.
Page 452 - ... material with all the rivet holes drilled in place and all the seams fitted with double butt straps each of at least five-eighths the thickness of the plates they cover, and all the seams at least double riveted with rivets having an allowance of not more than 75 per cent.
Page 50 - ADD THE LENGTH OF THE EDGE TO TWICE THE LENGTH OF THE BASE, AND MULTIPLY THE SUM BY £ OF THE PRODUCT OF THE HEIGHT OF THE WEDGE AND THE BREADTH OF THE BASE.

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