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THE spring meeting of the Institution of Naval Architects opened on April 1 at the rooms of the Royal Society of Arts. The institution's gold medal was awarded to Mr. G. S. Baker, for his paper on methodical experiments on mercantile ship forms. Premiums were awarded to Messrs. A. Cannon and L. Woollard for papers dealing respectively with the effect of loose water on the rolling of a ship, and the effect of water chambers on the rolling of ships. In all fourteen papers were read and discussed during the three days over which the meeting extended.
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The Institution of Naval Architects . Nature 93, 148–149 (1914). https://doi.org/10.1038/093148a0
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