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 348
better adapt-ed to the live-oak hammocks of thesouthern sea-board, although (theyhave been, and still are,) used in ourNavy yards for moulding the frames ofships, and such other vessels as arethere built. If an exposition is required of theinconvenience of skeleton moulds, wehave but to refer to… … MARINE AND NAVAL ARCHITECTURE. 281 those of the after-body on the other.It is formed of battens, and dividedinto two parts, both of which are as-sumed to be alike, and each part hav-ing for its boundary line the middle-line as a vertical boundary ; the baseof the mould is represented in thelower…
Naval architecture
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