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Definition of Righting
1. right [v] - See also: right
Lexicographical Neighbors of Righting
Literary usage of Righting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"Some of these boats, intended for use in localities where the temperature of the
water will not permit of frequent upsetting and righting drills, ..."
2. Know Your Own Ship: A Simple Explanation of the Stability, Trim by Thomas Walton (1899)
"The righting Lever.—In Chapter II. we explained the meaning of a foot-ton—viz.,
... Now, if we say that a vessel of 1000 tons displacement has a righting ..."
3. Calculations in Hydraulic Engineering: A Practical Text-book for the Use of by Thomas Claxton Fidler (1898)
"Diagram of righting Moments.—Having traced the curve of buoyancy and drawn the
normals Bm through the successive positions of B, the righting moment exerted ..."
4. Calculations in Hydraulic Engineering: A Practical Text-book for the Use of by Thomas Claxton Fidler (1898)
"Diagram of righting Moments.—Having traced the curve of buoyancy and drawn the
normals Bm through the successive positions of B, the righting moment exerted ..."
5. History of the Life-boat, and Its Work by Richard Lewis (1874)
"^ELF-righting.—We come now to the fourth property, that of self-righting if upset.
This, although a most important principle, is not universal in Life-boats ..."
6. Aeroplanes in Gusts: Soaring Flight and the Stability of Aeroplanes by S. L. Walkden (1913)
"THE righting EFFECT OF LATERAL MASSES' In fig. 65, I., a tilted main plane is
shown flying towards us and circling with radius R. In order that we may deal ..."
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