Download or read book A Treatise, the Stability of Ships (Classic Reprint) written by Edward J. Reed and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-22 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Treatise, the Stability of Ships The Author has been induced to prepare this work by many considerations. In the first place, no general work upon the Stability of Ships exists, so far as he is aware, in our language, although several authors have treated the subject satisfactorily as parts of more comprehensive works. In the next place, both the science and the practice of the subject have recently undergone great developments, at home and abroad, the results being scattered over many and various publications; and it was undoubtedly desirable to bring them together, and place them into due relation to each other. Again, during the present, as during the last century, French investigators have taken a leading part in the extension of this branch of science, and it is essential to the sound education of English naval architects and others, that the results of their labours should be brought within easy reach. Finally, the number of persons who now are required, by their professional avocations in connection with ships, to obtain some knowledge of the doctrines of stability is so great, that this work may fairly be taken as a response, and a somewhat tardy response, to a demand which has long been felt for collected information on the subject, and which, during the last year, has become widespread and urgent. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.