Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, engine-work, and engineering (1861)
Appleton, firm, publishers, New York. (1852, D. Appleton & Co.) · New York : D. Appleton · leaf 386
DOCKING SHIPS. 377 … 378 DOCKING SHIPS. engines are charged with water, and the rams D forced out to the full extent of their stroke. By thismeans the mainstraps E are drawn towards the head of the dock, and the cradle of swinging beamslifted up, so as to allow of the adjustment of the keel-blocks w w and chock-blocks…
Mechanical engineering
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