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Includes a Semi-Quantitative Approach to the Function of Oared Ships,
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This review is from: Crossroads in Ancient Shipbuilding (Oxbow Monographs in Archaeology) (Paperback)
Most books on this subject are entirely qualitative. This one, by contrast, introduces the reader to a quantitative treatment of such things as the rowing of boats. John Coates says: "The resistance of surface ships to motion ahead has two principal components, skin friction resistance and resistance owing to making waves in the water surface." (p. 254).Coates calculates the power of human-powered rowing over the short and long terms. He graphs the speeds that wooden boats can attain based on such things as total rowers' power available, the deployment and degree of submergence of the rudders, etc. From this, Coates deduces the functionality of the ancient Greek triremes, and touches upon the performance of the modern-mockup ship OLYMPIAS. |
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Crossroads in Ancient Shipbuilding (Oxbow Monographs in Archaeology) by Christer Westerdahl (Paperback - December 31, 1994)
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