London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1922. 515 p.
The rare edition of the Theoretical Naval Architecture by Edward L. Attwood (reprint of first 1899 edition).
The present work is an expansion of the Author's "Text-Book of Theoretical Naval Architecture " originally published in 1899. It has been prepared in order to provide students and draughtsmen engaged in Shipbuilders' and Naval Architects' drawing offices with a text-book which should explain the calculations which have continually to be carried out It is intended also that the work should form a text-book for the various examinations which are held in this subject. The subject of Naval Architecture is continually growing, and it is impossible to deal satisfactorily with it in any one book, but the object of the Author has been to show how all the ordinary ship calculations can be intelligently carried out and to give the student a groundwork of knowledge on which further progress can be based.
A special feature of the book is the large number of examples given in the text and at the ends of the various chapters. By means of these examples, the student is enabled to test his grasp of the principles and processes given in the text. It has been found that this feature is much appreciated, especially by students who have to work without the aid of a teacher.
Contents
Areas, Volumes, Weights, Displacement, Etc.
Moments, centre of gravity, centre of buoyancy, displacement table, planimeter, etc.
Conditions of equilibrium, transverse metacentre, moment of inertia, transverse bm, inclining experiment, metacentric height, etc.
Longitudinal metacentre, longitudinal bm, change of trim.
Statical stability, curves of stability, calculations for curves of stability, integrator, dynamical stability.
Trochoidal wave theory.
Calculations of weights—strength of butt connections, davits, pillars, derricks, shaft brackets.
Strains experienced by ships—curves of loads, shearing force, and bending moment—"smith" correction—equivalent girder.
Horse-power, effective and indicated—resistance of ships—coefficients of speed—law of comparison.
Screw propulsion.
Propulsion by wind.
The rolling of ships.
The turning of ships—strength of rudder heads
Launching calculations.
Sundry proofs, tchebycheff's and brown's displacement sheet, etc., and miscellaneous examples.
Tables of logarithms, sines, tangents and cosines, squares and cubes.
Syllabus of examinations in naval architecture.
Specimen questions of the board of education examinations and answers
