A manual of naval architecture for the use of officers of the Royal Navy, officers of the Mercantile Marine, yachtsmen, shipowners, and shipbuilders (1894)
White, W. H. (William Henry), Sir, 1845-1913 · London : J. Murray · leaf 365
workingand weakness not unfrequently experienced at the sterns of theearlier screw. steam-ships: with large engine-power; and by theiruse these objectionable results were altogether prevented. Inside 34Q NAVAL ARCHITECTURE. [chap. viii. the ship (see Pig. 122) the upper parts of the two stern-posts… … to the counter of the ship. With a lifting screw, this knee couldnot be fitted, but the screw-well was then made an efficientstrengthener. Partial bulkheads of iron were built across the sternat the fore side of the rudder-post and the aft side of the body-post. FIG. 123.Section at fireside
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