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 302
boat, which is of little value under oars.These boats measure from 39 to 46 ft. in length, and from 10J to 12 ft. in breadth. Figs.2785, 2789, and 2790 are plan and sections of a self-righting life-boat of the Royal NationalLife-boat Institution, similar to the one in Figs. 2776 to 2778. A…
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