A supplement to Ures Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines, : containing a clear exposition of their principles and practice. . gh forconvenience Trotmans anchor is, as we have already stated, largely used by the merchantsteamers, we cannot but feel that the separation of the fluke from the shaft, although it maybe in many cases unobjectionable, is attended with the risk that when, in an emergency, theanchor is required, the means of connection may be at fault. Captain Halls anchor is a very valuable one, from the circumstance that it is capable ofdivision, as shown in fir/. 35, so that
A supplement to Ures Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines, : containing a clear exposition of their principles and practice. . gh forconvenience Trotmans anchor is, as we have already stated, largely used by the merchantsteamers, we cannot but feel that the separation of the fluke from the shaft, although it maybe in many cases unobjectionable, is attended with the risk that when, in an emergency, theanchor is required, the means of connection may be at fault. Captain Halls anchor is a very valuable one, from the circumstance that it is capable ofdivision, as shown in fir/. 35, so that it can be taken out in boats. There are various other shapes of anchors; but attention has been confined to thosegenerally employed. We are not in a position to offer any opinion upon the value of the several anchorswhich have been named. Having described their peculiarities, there remains but little tobe said. The solidity of Lenoxs anchors—as shown in Jig. 36, and again in their morerecent modifications, in plan and section, with the new form of iron stock, ^g. 37—hasrecommended them strongly, and hence their general The weight of anchors for different vessels is proportioned to the tonnage. The follow-ing table shows the number of anchors now carried, and the weights of each anchor, bymerchant vessels by the regulation of Lloyds. Lloyds Regulation for the Number and Weights of Anchors for Merchant Vessels. Ship*fl Tonnage. Bower. Stream. Kedge. Bower,Wood Stock. Bower,Iron Stock, Stream. Kedge. SecondKedge. Ton». Cwt. Cwt. Cwt, Cwt. Cwt. 50 2 3 4 U 75 2 4 5 U 100 2 5 7 2i H 150 2 8 10 8i H 200 3 10 12 4^ 2J 250 8 2 13 15 5 2i 800 8 2 15 IT 6 8 350 8 2 IT 20 6i 8i 400 3 2 19 22 Ik 8* 500 8 2 2-3 26 9 4* 600 8 2 26 80 10 5 2i TOO 8 1 2 29 34 11 5i 2J 800 3 1 2 81 86 13 6 3 900 8 2 83 89 12 6i 8} 1,000 8 J 2 85 41 12 6t 3} i,ino 3 2 87 44 12 7 31. 1,200 8 1 2 89 46 12 7* 8i 1,400 8 1 2 41 48 12 7J 4 1,600 8 1 2 43 50 14 6i 4 1,800 3 1 2 45 52 14 8i 2,000 4 1 2 4T
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