Appletons' cyclopaedia of applied mechanics: a dictionary of mechanical engineering and the mechanical arts (1880)
D. Appleton and Company, Benjamin, Park, 1849-1922 · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 301
Institution of Great Britain, arc: 1, great lateral stability or resistance to upsetting; 2, speedagainst a heavy sea; 3, facility of launching or taking the shore; 4, immediate self-discharge ofany water breaking over her; 5, self-righting if upset; 6, strength; 7, storage room for a largenumber… … tubes ; b, air-cases; c, well; d, air-cases; e, empty air-cases under deck ; /, fore air-compartment;g, after air-compartment; h, air-cases; k, mast-thwart; and s, air-scuttles. Figs, 2779, 2780, and2781 show respectively the sheer plan, deck plan, and cross-section of the American life-boat.…
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