Naval Architecture of Planing Hulls, Illustrated

Description: Yesterday's Muse, Inc. presents ... Naval Architecture of Planing Hulls, Illustrated Author:Lord, Lindsay Publisher:Cornell Maritime Press Release Date:1946 Seller Category:-- Qty Available:1 Condition:Used: Very Good Sku: 2346512 Notes: First edition. Includes panels and flaps of original jacket, trimmed and repaired at seams and adhered to binding edges of boards. Minor pencil underlining and marginalia in text. 1946 Hard Cover. xi, 305 pp. From the jacket: This book is naval architecture's greatest challenge since ships were first built from plans. It embodies the revolutionary science of beam-length proportion in naval architecture, tested fully under the most exacting demands of war - when faulty ship designs could cost scores of lives. Of Naval Architects it asks: 'Did you know that the speed-beam ratio is the controlling factor in the speed of fast hulls?' And: 'Did you know that a speed-length ratio over 2 is mathematically impossible when applied to hulls with a tendency to planing?' Of Commercial Fishermen and Freighter Owners it asks: 'Did you know that fishing and freight boats of the future will be of planing speed, yet will carry greater loads than can traditional displacement craft which you are probably using now?' To Yachtsmen it brings this promise: 'We used to say there was no such thing as 'the best boat' - only 'the best compromise.' This is no longer true! In the naval architecture of planing hulls, the same fundamentals which create speed also produce seaworthiness, economy and beauty at the same time.' These tradition-upsetting statements are no longer theories nor descriptions of fine plans on a naval architect's drafting table. All have been tested and built into boats that proved themselves before the war and in the rigors of combat. Commissioned a Lieutenant Commander, U.S. Navy, at the outbreak of World War II, Dr. Lord was sent to the Pacific in direct charge of boat construction and the maintenance of PT's, Patrol Craft and Crash Boats. The immense volume of this work and unparalleled facilities for research and testing gave him the opportunity to organize - for the first time in ship history - planing hull data on a scientific basis. Naval Architecture of Planing Hulls succeeds in bringing science far into a realm previously dominated almost completely by art. The controversy, alone, which it will create will make it a 'must' for the personal and office libraries of every naval architect and builder; will make it required reading in every related university course of study. All who are keenly interested in boat design will be intrigued by the author's startling finding and by his highly readable style, so rarely found in professional writings. It will be appreciated most by the advanced student, experienced naval architect and builder. For them it will become the indispensable guide to Tomorrow's Naval Architecture. All problems in this book are worked out with actual examples. All formulas are reduced to charts to eliminate the need for involved computations. Procedures are clarified by more than a hundred graphic illustrations - photographs, and architect's drawings and charts prepared by the author. Don't forget to check out other great deals in our eBay Store!!

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