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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Thick Strake on the floor-heads (of African )
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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