Shipbuilding in iron and steel / a practical treatise . . ELEVATION Fig. cl PLAN m^^^^^^^^^^^^ (7Fig. 62. which represent the stem (and its connections) of the North-umberland, with the details of the keel of which ship we are E 2 52 On Stems. Chap. III. already familiar. In this figure we have given cross sections ona large scale at so many points, that a very few words will sufficeby wayof further explanation. As this stem is formed and fittedwith special regard to its adaptation for forcing or ramming in thesides of other ships, the consideration of expense, which so lar
Shipbuilding in iron and steel / a practical treatise . . ELEVATION Fig. cl PLAN m^^^^^^^^^^^^ (7Fig. 62. which represent the stem (and its connections) of the North-umberland, with the details of the keel of which ship we are E 2 52 On Stems. Chap. III. already familiar. In this figure we have given cross sections ona large scale at so many points, that a very few words will sufficeby wayof further explanation. As this stem is formed and fittedwith special regard to its adaptation for forcing or ramming in thesides of other ships, the consideration of expense, which so largelyand so properly controls the designs of mercantile vessels, is heresubordinated to other considerations, and the forging and planiugof the stem into any required form is held to be justifiable. Thefirst thing to be accomplished is to give to such a stem the sup-port of all the bow bottom plating and armour plating in deliveringa horizontal blow. For this purpose all such plating is let intothe substance of the stem, abutting squarely and closely againstthe fore sid
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