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 272
f the diagonals, and bywhich the length of the timbers are de-termined, while from that point to thenext butt, the ship is double-timbered;and this arrangement is continuedthroughout the entire ship. Thus itis plain that at regular intervals thereare weaker places than those above orimmediately… … MARINE AND NAVAL ARCHITECTURE. 217 ents have been adopted in Europe,none of which have found favor inuniversally obviating this manifest de-fect in the present system. It will require but a glance at thissubject by the thinking-man to enablehim to discover that the plank runsnearly in the direction…
Naval architecture
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