The voyage and shipwreck of St. Paul, with dissertations on the life and writings of St. Luke, and the ships and navigation of the ancients (1880)
Smith, James, 1782-1867, Smith, Walter Edward, ed · London : Longmans, Green · leaf 302
net. (Sca-pula. ) ON THE SHIPS OF THE ANCIENTS. 233 of those who row below the gangways.^ This beingdone, it will be evident that one, or even two, addi-tional ranks of rowers may be placed on the gangways,without interfering with the other rowers ; and wethus obtain a quinquereme or sexireme. This… … I do not consider it necessary to inquire how farthis mode of adding to the number of ranks can becarried. Meibomius,^ and after him Witsen,^ havearranged the alternate ranks nearer and further fromthe side, as I have done ; but, instead of placing theupper rower, when there are three ranks, either…
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