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 684
balance tank B, 19f feetlong, 10 feet broad, and 8 feet deep, being of a capacity of about 1500 cubic feet. The total capacitiesof the fourteen tanks would therefore be 21,000 cubic feet. Besides these are water tanks within theplatform in which the pump rods t work. The platform is about 10 feet… … 674 FLOATING SECTIONAL DOCKS. are a cross beam, 1 inches square, in the centre, secured to the keel beam P, and a cross beam on eachside D D, 8 inches square, for carrying the chock blocks E, and secured to the keel beams P. Thesecross beams rest on joists or tie-pieces, 10 inches square. In, the…
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