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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

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; ,:— 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… … 11, the stationary spuds for working the tanks. J J, pinions working in the racks on the spuds.K K K, outline of a vessel in the dock, supported by the side supports L L, the chock blocks E E, thekeel block C, and the balance tanks B B. L L, the side supports run up and down by the blocks and…

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