Treatise on marine and naval architecture, or, Theory and practice blended in ship building. Illustrated with more than 50 engravings (1852)
Griffiths, John W. (John Willis), 1809-1882 · New York : D. Appleton · leaf 183
he sheer of ships regu-lated on the principle of an invertedarch; by either of those modes wemake the vessel loom up to her fullsize. One of the great secrets in build-ing vessels is to make a large vessellook small; it is a rare quality, possessedby few, and is the only index furnishedby nature to… … MARINE AND NAVAL ARCHITECTURE 141 the bands of prejudice, and launch outon the ocean of nature ; his first im-pressions are strong-, and very generallycorrect, he will discover something-wrong, but may be unable to tell whatit is, he looks at her shape, she tapersat both ends ; the strakes of plank…
Naval architecture
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