. Marine Engineer . tral Wortley has been kind enough to permit the publicationof the principal scantling- oi these ships, so tha! il 1- aneasy matter to appreciate a successful development onbroader lines than ordinary : but it 1- not SO easj to judgeof the great benefit to shipowning and building which hasresulted from the initiative ol Mr. Wortlej and In- firm,nor can I too liberally acknowledge its edui ati\ e effect uponm\ sell The cargo steamer seem- to me to be the most importantspecies oi thi genus ship, not only because it 1- numericallythe largest, but because it -how-
. Marine Engineer . tral Wortley has been kind enough to permit the publicationof the principal scantling- oi these ships, so tha! il 1- aneasy matter to appreciate a successful development onbroader lines than ordinary : but it 1- not SO easj to judgeof the great benefit to shipowning and building which hasresulted from the initiative ol Mr. Wortlej and In- firm,nor can I too liberally acknowledge its edui ati\ e effect uponm\ sell The cargo steamer seem- to me to be the most importantspecies oi thi genus ship, not only because it 1- numericallythe largest, but because it -how- the greatest number ofvariations, and the greatest activitj in developing theseinto di-tinct species. The ordinary large cargo steamerof thirtv years ago. as exemplified in Fig. 15. was but amodification in dimensions of the contemporary paSSiand cargo type just considered, ranging in length from260 ft to 280 ft., having two tiers oi beams a tier oi widispaced hold beams, and. quite commonly, a double bottom. fc—^. S^ ] FJ«_L9 IT 0«^ «.,r. raw i * . - t I 1 V Fo Her vessels the raised quarter-deck or well-deck type was practically supreme; but it seems unnccto deal with them separatelj as they presented few spifeatures in construction which have not since been embodiein the now paramount type having continuous decks. 1raised quartet deck has been oi evolutionarj value fromthe fact that the demand for the omission oi complete tiersof beams in way of the quarter-deck had to I tmet almost from the beginning; so that the introductiooi web frame-, as an efficient substitute foi .1 thud tiei olbeams in a threi deel 0 1 tier in 3 two-dei k ship is now 1 matter of quite ancii tit hi tory. The web fiship was an improvement in design for bulk carriers, butthe broken stowage for other trade demand which led to the deep-fran ystem being introduced, 1 beli< Messrs. Stephen t Linthouse, about [887 ; thai iseach frame wa it enough and strong enough foi the longet spans caused by the o
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