EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. 
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SCANTLINGS.—Continued. 
Scarph, long 
Bolts, copper 
Stern Post. Oak. Square at the head 
Inner post, fore and aft, at the keel 
Ditto, at the head 
Deadwood. Oak. Sided 
Frame. Oak, except top timbers and timbers 
forward and aft; are of Riga fir where curve 
would admit. 
Cross Timber. Sided midships 
Forward and aft 
Moulded at the cutting down 
Moulded at the head 
Half Floors. Oak. Sided midships 
Forward and aft 
Moulded at head 
First Futtocks. Oak. Sided midships .. .. 
Forward and aft 
Moulded at the head 
Second Futtocks. Sided in midships 
Forward and aft 
Moulded 
Third Futtocks, and Top Timbers. ) 
Sided in midships i 
Forward and aft 
Moulded 
Top Timbers. Riga fir, excepting wake of ) 
paddles, oak. Sided in midships 5 
Forward and aft 
Moulded at the deck 
Roughtree 
Floors made of Oak, with crosstrees and two ) 
half floors. Circular coaks in each floor ... \ 
Bolts ditto 
Keelson. Oak. Square in midships 
Forward and aft 
Bolts, copper, one through each floor 
S temson. Oak. Square at the upper part .... 
Bolts, copper from 18 to 20 inches apart.... 
Sternson. Oak. Square at the head 
Bolts, copper, from 18 to 20 inches apart.... 
Thickness of Plank. Wales (oak). Thick,) 
three strakes ) 
Diminishing Plank. Four strakes of oak, ) 
upper edge of upper strake \ 
Lower edge of lower strake 
Plank of Bottom. English oak to light) 
water mark, thick ., f 
Oak strake above the wale, lower edge thick 
Upper edge thick 
Sheer Strake. Oak. Thick 
Topside (Riga fir). Thick above the wale .... 
Thick under sheer strake 
Plansheer 
Topsides, size above these strakes 
Roughtree Rail. Deep 
Broad 
Inside Planking. Clamps, oak in two ) 
strakes, upper strake thick S 
Lower ditto, ditto 
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oak, in midships) thick £ 
First Futtocks (African oak, in midships), ) 
thick $ 
Second ditto ditto 
Third ditto ditto 
Trusses (African oak, in midships), thick..... 
Fore and aft, fir, thick 
Broad 
Fillings between timbers. Oak. Thick 
Iron Plates for trusses. Thick 
Broad 
Circular Coak in each strake opposite the ) 
abutment of each truss j 
Shelf Pieces. Upper deck oak. Deep 
Wlde ) Aft 
Scarphs, long 
Circular coaks in ditto 
Bolts, six inches from the side of each beam, ) 
or from 18 to 20 inches apart ^ 
Beams. Oak sided 
Moulded 
Round up 
Secured to the shelf with one circular coak... 
And two bolts 
Iron Knees in wake of engine-room, and 
three aft and two forward (see Section). 
Bolts in up and down arm 
Ditto, in beam arm 
Paddle, or main beams. Sided 
Moulded at the middle 
Deck and Breast Hooks. Wood. Sided.... 
Long 
Bolted copper 
Hook below, iron. Long 
Bolted 
Crutches 
Long 
Bolted, copper 
Cross Bolts in keelson to pass through the") 
double futtocks, and two between each hook > 
and crutch j 
Flat of Deck. Prussia deals. Thickness 
Ditto, platform forward and aft. Thick 
Shelf. Deep 
Broad 
Beams. Moulded 
Sided 
Bolts, copper through side and shelf 
Waterway to upper deck. Thick 
Broad 
Windlass Bitts. Knees 
Carrick Bitts. Thick 
Rudder. Pintles 
Braces 
Counter, Stern, and Quarters. Oak. ) 
Lower counter, thick ) 
Backing of stern 
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