Full text: The steam engine: its invention and progressive improvement, an investigation of its principles, and its application to navigation, manufactures, and railways (Vol. 1)

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EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. 
Schedule continued. 
Ft. in. 
0 1 
sided 
0 8i 
moulded 
0 7 
sided 
0 8| 
moulded 
0 7 
broad 
0 10 
thick 
0 4 
ditto 
0 3 
sided 
0 7 
moulded 
0 4 
broad 
0 5 
deep 
0 4 
4 2 
thick 
0 li 
sided 
1 0 
moulded 
0 7 
0 7 
broad 
0 3i 
thick 
0 3i 
ditto 
0 li 
ll 0 
sided 
0 7 
broad 
0 3i 
thick 
0 3 
ditto 
0 li 
10 0 
diameter 
1 3 
square 
0 10 
sided 
0 6 
sided 
0 9 
moulded 
0 8 
be of copper or mixed metal. A bridge board 
to be fitted for a gang-way between the paddle 
boxes. 
Upper Deck Beams, to round in 4 feet 
The hatchway and mast beams 
The remainder 
Waterway 
:Deck. Flat 
iRoughtree Timbers, at the gunwale 
Rail to be 
Height from upper side of deck to top of rail. 
Bulwarks rebated, deal 
Towing Timbers, two on each side 
Breast-hooks, upper deck, sided 
One between that and platform to be 
In the throat ; 
At the ends 
Length 
Hook, at the platform deck . 
Bolts to be 1 foot apart 
In the Hold, one 
In the throat 
At the ends 
Length 
Crutch. Abaft, one of iron for the security of the 
heels of the timbers, of size and bolted the 
same as lower hook. 
Windlass. To have a patent one of African or 
English oak, fitted with wheel pinion and 
winch handles, and to receive chain cables .... 
Pawl Bitt 
ICarrick Bitts 
¡Cat Heads 
Material, 
African 
Red pine 
Dantzic fir 
Dantzic deal 
Iron 
Iron 
African 
Diameter of 
bolts. 
li 
Davits. To have proper ones for the boats of iron, two on each side. 
Rother. To be fitted with metal braces and pintles, Lihour’s patent. 
Pumps. To find and fix two cast iron pumps with gear complete. 
Head, Stern, and Quarter Galleries. To be built and elegantly finished, with suitable mouldings, 
carved works, etc. 
Mast and Bowsprit, Partners, Comings, Companions, and Skylights. To be properly fitted, as 
may be shewn in the profile and plans. 
Steering-wheel, Tiller, or Yoke. The wheel to be handsomely wrought with brass plates ; the 
tiller to be of iron, and fitted as may be directed. 
Chain Cable Lockers. To fit lockers for the reception of chain cables, and a box on wheels on 
deck for the stream cable, as may be directed. 
Engine Room Bulk-heads. At the after part of the engine room to be double of 1| inch, rebated 
deal on each side of a 4 inch stanchion,'—at the fore part to have a single bulk-head ; to fit a bench 
and cupboards or lockers for the engineer.
	        
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