The Emporium of arts & sciences . icient to get in placeone length of false keel. If the false keel should wantrepairing, it may be done without any additional shores,by clearing one block at a time ; and when the keel isrepaired in the wake of that block, return the wedges, asabove directed, and clear the next, &c. Section and Plan, Plate 10, Fig. 2. A, Keelson. B, Ceiling. C, Floor timber. D, Dead or rising ; Plank of the bottom. F, Keel and false keel. G, Angular blocks with a half-inch iron-plate boltedto them. H, Cast-iron wedges. I, Iron-plate of three-fourths of an inch thick o
The Emporium of arts & sciences . icient to get in placeone length of false keel. If the false keel should wantrepairing, it may be done without any additional shores,by clearing one block at a time ; and when the keel isrepaired in the wake of that block, return the wedges, asabove directed, and clear the next, &c. Section and Plan, Plate 10, Fig. 2. A, Keelson. B, Ceiling. C, Floor timber. D, Dead or rising ; Plank of the bottom. F, Keel and false keel. G, Angular blocks with a half-inch iron-plate boltedto them. H, Cast-iron wedges. I, Iron-plate of three-fourths of an inch thick on thebottom of the dock. K, Battering-rams, with wheels, and ropes for thehands. L, Cast-iron wedges, having received a blow fromforward. M, Shores under the ship to sustain her weight. Fig. 3, represents part of a top-gall ant mast fitted witlia wedge fid. a, Top-gallant mast. ft, Fid, with one horizontal wedge worked on it. c, Moveable wedge, with the iron strap and pin overit, to keep it in its situation. d, Trussel
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