The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette (1839)
London : [William Laxton] · leaf 132
f timber,kept sufficiently asunder for the stem of the vessel to pass between them,so that they forked tlie siem. Attached to the stem, immediately over tliisfork, was a strong cleat on each side. 15y tlie depressing of the end onwhich the frame was placed the end next the vessel was raised, and… … The Sphynx, cleared of everything except her engines, drew upwardsof ten feet of waier ; and the reef over which she was ultimately carriedhad not more than six feet on it at the time. She had twice before beenbrought up to this point, and could not be got over it; but on the 3rd ult.,by the joint…
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