Appletons' cyclopaedia of applied mechanics: a dictionary of mechanical engineering and the mechanical arts . water-tight decks whenthe boat is ashore; G,another scuttle for airand to receive a the cross-section, , A represents thesections of the side air-cases ; B, the relieving tubes, of the same depth as the space between the decks and the boats floorC C, Fig. 2790, are spaces beneath the deck, placed longitudinally at the midship part of the boatand filled with cases packed with cork forming part of the ballast; D, scuttle for ventilation, having a pump fixed in it, by whic
Appletons' cyclopaedia of applied mechanics: a dictionary of mechanical engineering and the mechanical arts . water-tight decks whenthe boat is ashore; G,another scuttle for airand to receive a the cross-section, , A represents thesections of the side air-cases ; B, the relieving tubes, of the same depth as the space between the decks and the boats floorC C, Fig. 2790, are spaces beneath the deck, placed longitudinally at the midship part of the boatand filled with cases packed with cork forming part of the ballast; D, scuttle for ventilation, having a pump fixed in it, by which any leakage beneath the deck may be pumped out when afloat. Theactual time occupied by one of these boats in freeing itself from water is about 30 seconds. 2782.
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