The progress of civil and mechanical engineering and shipbuilding (1877)
Smith, William · London, Longmans, Green · leaf 35
ear-ings. Ballast Tank—Forward, dimensions as per plans, to be made of ^ in. plates, properly stiffened with angle irons, and knee plates as necessary; tank must be tested to see that it is thoroughly watertight; cocks to be fitted for ■ filling and discharging, also an air pipe and manhole door.… … Fig. 10. Plating.—Garboard strake for 90 ft. amidships ^ in., foreand aft ^ in.; bottom ^V and -^ in.; bilges ^ in., tapering to■^ in.; next strake ^V in., tapering to ^^ in.; next ^ in.. tapering to i^V in.; topsides tV in., tapering to -^ in.; sheer-strake |f in.,tapering to ^ in.; butts of…
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