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 44
eof proceeding, as it will be discoveredthat were a sufficient number of x| ad-ded together, we would not find thescale to be the exact ratio, as 40 timesa would make 121 inches; but havingadopted this scale as approximating thenearest to the scale in general use ; andat the same time a very near… … MARINE AND NAVAL ARCHITECTURE. 33 use. It may be well to remark further,that in making models to build, or tomake calculations from, it is alwaysbest to make a scale on a slip of paper,and if the practitioner is not sufficient-ly skilled in the use of the drawing-pen, he would realize the time…
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