[Gutenberg 46382] • The Submarine in War and Peace: Its Development and its Possibilities

[Gutenberg 46382] • The Submarine in War and Peace: Its Development and its Possibilities
Authors
Lake, Simon
Publisher
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Tags
submarines (ships)
ISBN
9781507594070
Date
2015-03-10T00:00:00+00:00
Size
2.33 MB
Lang
en
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[...]tons hung by an arm twelve inches long, and it would require the same force to incline the ship as it would to incline the pendulum. Therefore it is evident that the greater the metacentric height the more stable the ship, and the less likely she is to make eccentric dives to the bottom or "broach" to the surface. Ballast Tanks.-All submarines are fitted with tanks which may be filled with water so that the vessel will submerge; these are called ballast tanks. When[...].