Excerpt from The Elements of Wood Ship Construction Board Emergency Fleet Corporation, for use in its classes in Wood Shipbuilding. This text on wood shipbuilding was prepared by W. H. Curtis, Port land, Oregon, for the Education and Training Section of the Emergency Fleet Corporation. It is intended for the use of carpenters and others, who, though skilled in their work, lack the detail knowledge of ships necessary for the efficient performance of their work in the yard. Sea-going vessels are generally built according to the rules of some Classification Society, and all important construction and fastening details have to be passed upon by the Classification Society under whose inspection the vessel is to be built. Due to this fact, requirements may varv in detail from types of construction here explained. It is hoped, however, that this book may be helpful to shipbuilding classes and to individual men in the yard. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Hardcover reprint of the original 1919 edition - beautifully bound in brown cloth covers featuring titles stamped in gold, 8vo - 6x9". No adjustments have been made to the original text, giving readers the full antiquarian experience. For quality purposes, all text and images are printed as black and white. This item is printed on demand. Book Information: Curtis, William Henry. The Elements Of Wood Ship Construction. Indiana: Repressed Publishing LLC, 2012. Original Publishing: Curtis, William Henry. The Elements Of Wood Ship Construction, . New York, Mcgraw-Hill Book Company, Inc.; Etc., 1919. Subject: Shipbuilding

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Excerpt from Wooden Ship-Building These rules stipulate the kinds and dimensions of materials that must be used for each principal part of hull and equipment, and also the manner in which the parts should be put together; and as the rules are based upon results of actual tests made by practical shipbuild ers and owners all over the world, it is evident that both builder and owner have every reason to adhere to them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1919 edition. Excerpt: ... which are opposite each other, these stanchions being heavily bolted together. Between decks, in the same bulkhead, stanchions are shown on but one side of the planking, the lighter construction here being due to the fact that the water pressure, should the hold become flooded, would be much less at the top than at the bottom of the bulkhead. If there were no decking laid on the lower tier of beams to stiffen the bulkhead at this point, then it would be necessary to extend the stanchions on both sides to the deck above. To insure water tightness two thicknesses of tarred felt are laid between the courses of diagonal planking, care being taken to properly break joints. The border coamings are calked in the usual manner. In general, the fastening will be as shown in the figure. The diagonal planking fastening, which is not shown, consists of standard boat spikes. Each plank should be well spiked not only at the ends but to each stanchion on one side. Obviously it would be impossible to spike this planking to stanchions on both sides. These bulkheads are generally faced toward the expected source of water pressure, hence, bulkheads forward of midship would be faced forward and those aft of that point would be faced aft. The term "face" as here used is taken to mean the side of the bulkhead opposite the deck beam against which it is built. The bulkhead in Fig. 105 would under this rule face to the reader's right, and it will be noticed that the single stanchions between decks are on the back side. Solid log bulkheads, such as that shown in Fig. 106 may be put down without the extra heavy border timbers, or coamings, which have been shown in the figure, though it may be considered the best practice to use these heavy coamings as...

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Excerpt from The Building of a Wooden Ship About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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