 ... the length shall be taken on a straight line along the rabbet of the keel, from the back of the main stern-post to a perpendicular line from the fore part of the main stem under the bowsprit, from which subtracting three-fifths of the breadth, the...  The shipwright's vade-mecum [by D. Steel]. - Page 250by David Steel - 1805Full view - About this book
 | P. R. Marett - 1872 - 150 pages
...measurement, is as follows : — The length to be taken on a straight line along the lower side of the rabbet of the keel, from the back of the main...subtracting three-fifths of the breadth, the remainder shall be esteemed the just length of the keel to find the tonnage ; and the breadth shall be taken... | |
 | sir William Henry White - Naval architecture - 1877 - 706 pages
...follows : — (a) The length was taken on a straight line along the rabbet of the keel of the ship from the back of the main sternpost to a perpendicular...the fore part of the main stem, under the bowsprit. Fig. 27 shows this ; CA FIG 27. is the perpendicular line, and AB is the length required. If the ship... | |
 | Great Britain - 1884 - 364 pages
...along the rabbet of the keel of the ship, from the back of the main stern post to a l«T|>endicular line from the fore part of the main stem under the bowsprit. The brendth was taken from the outside of the outside plank, in the 1'iTKulest part of the ship, exclusive... | |
 | Sir William Henry White - Naval architecture - 1894 - 764 pages
...follows : — (a) The length was taken on a straight line along the rabbet of the keel of the ship from the back of the main sternpost to a perpendicular...the fore part of the main stem, under the bowsprit. Fig. 31 shows this; CA is the perpendicular line, and FIG. 31. AB is the length required. If the ship... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1899 - 846 pages
...that is to say, the length shall be taken in a straight line along the rabbet of the keel of the ship, from the back of the main stern-post to a perpendicular line from the fore part of the main stern under the bowsprit, from which subtracting three-fifths of the breadth the remainder shall be... | |
 | Sir George Charles Vincent Holmes - Shipbuilding - 1900 - 192 pages
...was measured along the rabbet of the keel, from the back of the sternpost to a perpendicular dropped from the fore part of the main stem, under the bowsprit. From the length thus obtained, a deduction equal to three-fifths of the breadth (measured as below explained)... | |
 | Alastair Hamilton, Alexander Hamilton, Harold Coffin Syrett - Presidents - 1965 - 624 pages
...the keel of the ship, from the back of the main stern post to a perpendicular line from the forepart of the main stem under the bowsprit, from which subtracting three-fifths of the breadth, the remainder shall be esteemed the just length of the keel to find the tonage; and the breadth shall be taken from... | |
 | 712 pages
...purpose of ascertaining the tonnage of yachts, the rule of admeasurement shall be as follows, viz. : The length shall be taken on a straight line along...the main stern-post to a perpendicular line from the forepart to the main stem under the bowsprit, from which, subtracting three-fifths of the breadth,... | |
 | Military art and science - 1834 - 600 pages
...follows : — The length shall be taken in a straight line along the rabbet of the keel of the ship, from the back of the main stern-post to a perpendicular...the fore part of the main stem under the bowsprit. The breadth shall be taken from the outside of the outside plank, in the broadest part of the ship,... | |
 | Naval art and science - 1890 - 576 pages
...the keel of the ship, from the back of the main stern-post to a perpendicular line from the fore-part of the main stem, under the bowsprit, from which,...subtracting three-fifths of the breadth, the remainder shall be esteemed the just length of the keel to find the tonnage ; and the breadth shall be taken... | |
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