 | Benjamin Greenleaf - 1845 - 334 pages
...feet ? Ans. 212S48 tons. GOvERNMENT RULE. — 'If the vessel be double-decked, take the length thereof from the fore part of the main stem to the after part of the stern-post above the upper deck ; the breadth thereof at the broadest part above the main wales, half... | |
 | Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1846 - 370 pages
...coasters subject ? GOVERNMENT RULE. I. Measure, in feet, above the upper deck the length of the vessel, from the fore part of the main stem to the after part of the stern post. Then measure the breadth taken at the widest part above the main wale on the outside, and the depth... | |
 | John Caldwell Colt - Accounting - 1846 - 204 pages
...end. Tonnage of vessels. GOVERNMENT RULE. — "If the vessel be double-decked, take the length thereof from the fore part of the main stem to the after part of the stern-post above the ¿pper deck; the breadth thereof at the broadest part above the main wales, half... | |
 | Nathaniel Bowditch - 1846 - 854 pages
...и to be found in the following manner: — If the vessel be double-decked, take the length thereof from the fore part of the main stem to the after part of the stern-post above the upper deck ; the breadth thereof at the broadest part above the main wales ; half... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1847 - 426 pages
...1 TONNAGE OF VESSELS. 647. Government Ride. — 1, If the vessel be double-decked, take the lengtti from the fore part of the main stem to the after part of the stern-post, above the upper deck ; then the breadth at the broadest part above the main wales, hulf... | |
 | Thomas Rainey - Arithmetic - 1849 - 320 pages
...measuring single or double-decked vessels : '• If the vessel be double-decked, take the length thereof, from the fore part of the main stem, to the after part of the stern post, above the npper deck; the breadth thereof at the broadest part above the main wales, half of which breadth shall... | |
 | Frederick Emerson - Arithmetic - 1849 - 304 pages
...as the depth of tho hold. GOVERNMENT RULE. "If the vessel be double-decked, take the length thereof from the fore part of the main stem, to the after part of the stern-post, above the upper deck; the breadth thereof at the broadest part above the main wales, half... | |
 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - Arithmetic - 1850 - 314 pages
...RULE. " If the vessel be double-decked, take the length thereof from the fore part of the main stern, to the after part of the stern post, above the upper deck ; the breadth thereof at the lowest part above the main wales, half of which breadth shall be accounted the depth of such vessel,... | |
 | Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1850 - 412 pages
...uses another. GOVERNMENT RULE. I. Measure, in feet, above tfye upper deck the length of the vessel, from the fore part of the main stem to the after part of the stern post. Then measure the breadth taken at the widest part above the mam wale t on the outside, and tKer depth... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1850 - 368 pages
...feet ? Ans. 212^ tons. GOVERNMENT RULE. — If the vessel be double-decked, take the length thereof from the fore part of the main stem to the after part of the stern-post above the upper deck ; the breadth thereof at the broadest part above the main wales, half... | |
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... of the breadth; multiply the remainder by the breadth, and the product by the depth... 
