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 687
d side supports L, is ready for lifting.—Fig. 1737. The valves which have previously admitted the water into the water tanks are now closed, the water 676 FLOATING SECTIONAL DOCKS. is pumped out, nnd the air again fills the tanks, and they rise, bringing with them the vessel to theheight necessary… … ; ,:— Fig. 1737.—Elevation of a section.B B, the balance tanks. C, the keel block. D D, cross beams supporting the chock blocks E.E E, the chock blocks. F F, the outside truss girders.//, the inside standards of the main framing to guide the balance tanks B.*F Beam securing the standards. G Q, the…
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