The History of North Atlantic steam navigation with some account of early ships and shipowners (1896)
Fry, Henry · New York : C. Scribner's sons · leaf 60
ed through a clerical error in the Act, and has recently been repealed.There are also three modes of ascertaining the length of a ship, henceapparent disagreements in description ; first, the keel ; second, between perpen-diculars ; that is between the stem and stem post; and third, the length… … EPOCHS IN ATLANTIC STEAM NA VIGA TION. 41 8th April, 1838, and arrived at New York on the 23rd, direct, infifteen days. Her best days run was 243 knots, and her average208, or equal to 82 knots per hour, burning 655 tons of coal. Commenting upon the arrival of the Sirius and Great Western,the New…
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