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Scientific American, Vol. 14, No. 13 (1866) (1866)

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ake the timber round the entire top board. This plan further offers a very cheap and The latter is open at the bow, and nav ,a valve, C, solid; each joint being stop-watered so as to givea reliable way of testing the perfection and tightness of fitted to it, opening outward. This valve is always… … a spiral spring. When a heavy sea strikes it, how board or in-board planking, and attaching a three -top of the deck clamps. This completes the air-tight ever, it closes so as to prevent water from getting in. arrangement between the two skins. quarter inch lead pipe to it, and elevating the other…

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