A Treatise on Naval Architecture and Ship-building; Or, An Exposition of the Elementary Principles Involved in the Science and Practice of Naval Construction |
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abaft angle beams body plan bolts bottom bowsprit breadth butt calculation called capstan carry caulking centre of buoyancy centre of effort centre of gravity coaked constructor cubic feet curve deadwood depth diameter distance draft of water edge ends equal false keel fastened foot force fore and aft fore body forward frame futtocks give gravity of displacement guns half-breadth plan head heel holes horizontal immersed inches iron ships keel keelson knee launching length load water-line longitudinal lower main deck masts measure men-of-war meta-centre middle body middle line midship section moulding naval architect oakum ordinates perpendicular placed plank plates proportion quantity rabbet resistance riveted rudder sail area scarphs shape ship-building ship's shoulder side skin spanker spar speed square stability stem stern stern-post strakes surface thickness tonnage tons top weight Topsail treenails trim under-water body upper deck upright vertical vessel wave wood yard
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Page 172 - And if the vessel has more than three decks, the tonnage of each space between decks, above the tonnage deck, shall be severally ascertained in the manner above described, and shall be added to the tonnage of the vessel, ascertained as aforesaid.
Page 169 - ... (average thickness) deducting from this length what is due to the rake of the bow in the thickness of the deck, and what is due to the...
Page 170 - ... at each point of division of the length as follows: Measure the depth at each point of division from a point at a distance of one-third of the round of the beam below such...
Page 172 - If the ship has a third deck the tonnage of the space between it and the tonnage deck shall be ascertained as follows: Measure in feet the inside length of the space at the middle of its height from the plank at the side of the stem to the...
Page 171 - No. 1 being at the extreme limit of the length at the bow, and the "last number at the extreme limit of the length at the stern...
Page 173 - ... breadths ; measure also the mean length of the space between the foremost and aftermost bulkheads or limits of its length, excluding such parts (if any) as are not actually occupied by or required for the proper working of the machinery...
Page 170 - ... area (except the first and last) by two ; add these products together, and to the sum add the first and last if they yield anything; multiply the quantity thus obtained by one-third of the common interval between the areas, and the product will be the cubical contents of the space under the tonnage deck...
Page 172 - ... and multiply by it the mean horizontal area ; divide the product by one hundred, and the quotient shall be deemed to be the tonnage of such space, and shall be added to the...
Page 170 - ... and also at the upper and lower points of the depth; number them from above as before; multiply the second, fourth, and sixth by...
Page 171 - ... multiply the whole sum by one.third of the common interval between the breadths, and the result will give, in superficial feet, the mean horizontal area of such space...