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 303
ain sufficient under all circumstances of climate and temperature, as well 79 290 LIFE-PRESERVERS. as under exposure to sun, weather, and salt water; 3, fitness for use as an ordinary ships boat;4, strength; 5, durability; 6, lateral stability, or resistance to upsetting on the broadside; 7,… … would fail to comply especially with requirements Nos. 3, 8, 9, and 10. Self-righting is not consid-ered as essential; in fact, boats in an open sea are far Ichs likely to be upset than in the heavybreakers near the shore. Hamiltons life-boat, Fig. 2793, is 25 ft. long by 7 ft. beam, with the crew…
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