. A sketch of the origin and progress of steam navigation from authentic documents. Fl &. SCALE OF FEET Ijai&GJHfllO ? ^ : I ^kiiUiv,-, Ltij^ulc ?? STEAM NAVIGATION. 25 aid my country, and having, since the peace, incurred much expence building various vessels, with a design to improve Naval Archi-tecture. For these reasons, I was obliged to limit myself to the building theTRIPLE VESSEL, as now represented in the Engraving; and, asI have above hinted that she is not intended, in all respects, to be amodel, it will be proper here to explain myself, and to offer my opi-nion
. A sketch of the origin and progress of steam navigation from authentic documents. Fl &. SCALE OF FEET Ijai&GJHfllO ? ^ : I ^kiiUiv,-, Ltij^ulc ?? STEAM NAVIGATION. 25 aid my country, and having, since the peace, incurred much expence building various vessels, with a design to improve Naval Archi-tecture. For these reasons, I was obliged to limit myself to the building theTRIPLE VESSEL, as now represented in the Engraving; and, asI have above hinted that she is not intended, in all respects, to be amodel, it will be proper here to explain myself, and to offer my opi-nion with respect to the figures of the vessels which may be bestadapted to the different services in which they may be employed. For inland navigation, the bottom should be flat and long, whilethe sides may be straight. For the purpose of coasting, the bottom should rise a little, and thesides be somewhat round ; for, although the roundness of the sidesbe of small importance, with a view to STIFFNESS, yet it will,in certain situations, give strength to resist the repeated beating oft
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