The romance of the ship; the story of her origin and evolution (1911)
Chatterton, E. Keble (Edward Keble), 1878-1944 · Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott company; London, Seeley and co., limited · leaf 132
at ten years at leastwere needed to show its value for a ships hull. Theold hempen cable was not abolished until) the first halfof the nineteenth century, when the modern chain wasre-adopted: we cannot say introduced^ since it wasalready employed during Caesar^s time, as we sawin an earlier… … H.M.S. Rodney This^ shows the midship section and disposition of the guns of H.M.S. Rodney whichwas built in 1833, and is interesting as affording some idea of the last wooden wallsof England. Notice the amount of tumble-home which the top-sides of the hullpossess. THE SAILING SHIP below the…
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