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IN 1896 I had the pleasure of attending a lecture on naval architecture given before the British Association in Liverpool by the late Dr. Francis Elgar, F.R.S. I had learnt the theory of the metacentre in my undergraduate days, but it came to me as a great surprise to learn that this theory had only been evolved after many ships had foundered, owing to want of theoretical knowledge of their conditions of stability.
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BRYAN, G. Aëroplane Stability . Nature 83, 10–13 (1910). https://doi.org/10.1038/083010a0
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