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PROFESSOR ELGAR has recently made two important contributions to this important question; the first was read before the Royal Society on March 13 last. The main object of the paper was to exhibit the manner in which the stability of a ship varies with changes of load and draught of water such as merchant steamers are liable to. None of the properties possessed by a ship is more vital to her safety and efficiency than that of stability. At the same time none is dependent for its existence and amount upon so many or such diverse and variable circumstances as it. The stability of a ship, both as regards moment and range, is affected not only by the position of her centre of gravity, which largely depends upon stowage, but also by draught of water. If the centre of gravity be kept fixed in position at various draughts of water, the stability will still vary very considerably with the draught, and often in a manner that contains elements of danger.
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The Stability of Ships . Nature 29, 559–563 (1884). https://doi.org/10.1038/029559b0
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