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 388
red to the outside truss-girders by a 12-inch beam, 44 feet long.At the bottom of each lateral framing is a flooring on which rests a balance-tank B, 19J feet long, 10feet broad, and 8 feet deep, being of a capacity of about 1,500 cubic feet. The total capacities of thefouiteen tanks would… … 330 DOCKING SHIPS. being about 70 feet long and 17 inches across, composed of two beams scarped together. Between theseare u cross-beam, 7 inches square in the centre, secured to the keel-beam; and a cross-beam on eachside 9 inches square, for carrying the chock-blocks, and secured to the…
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