Identifier: shipbuildinginir00reed (find matches)
Title: Shipbuilding in iron and steel / a practical treatise . . .
Year: 1869 (1860s)
Authors: Reed, Edward James, 1830-1906
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Publisher: London : J. Murray
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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. \ 5 ty 4 bv Angle-irons on lower-deck stringer-plate .... ) ^ • ^ Angle-irons on middle-deck stringer-plate .. .. I 5 by 4 by ■ Angle-irons on upper-deck stringer-plate .. .. ) ® Angle- irons on vertical stringer or clamp 5 by 3 by ^ Angle-irons on outer edge of upper-deck stringer .. 4 by 4 by g Angle-ii-ons on upper edge of upper and lower deck I 31 bv 3 bv ■ beams J 2 > •> ta Angle-irons on upper edge of middle-deck beams .. 4 by 3 by \ Floor plates at middle line—amidships 29 by ; inche Floor-plates at middle line—forward and aft .. . - 29 by J ,, Gutter-plates 14 by ; ,, Lower-deck stringer-plate 24 by -^ ,, Middle-deck stringer-plate 36 by g ,, JNIiddle-deck tie-plate 24 by § ,, Vertical stringer or clamp between upper and middle! q. , 5 decks f ^t J> 5 .. Upper-deck stringer-plate 42 by ; ,, Upper-deck tie-plate 24 by II5 ,, Upper and lower deck beam-plates (bulb-iron).. *^ by j ,, Middk-dcLk beam-plates (bidb-iron) If by J ,, /■Aey lAa^ti^^: Flate 2.
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wn Ijy J Mwztan JohhMvjTity. Albemarle Street.Nov^ 1868 Enoroved hv J.W lowrj. Chap. V. Systems of F^^aming. 89 Forward aud aft the frame angle-irons are reduced to 6 by 4by \ inches, and in the engine and boiler space the reversedangle-irons are worked double and are 4^ by 3i by \. Thekeel arrangements have been previously described, and it willbe remarked that the side intercostal plates, which are ; inch thiclc,are secured to the bottom plating by double angle-irons 4 by 4 by\ inches. The importance of this mode of connection has beenalready alluded to, though many shipbuilders neglect it. Thestringer plates are not connected to the outside plating on thelower and middle decks, but on the upper deck the stringer is runout between the frames and connected to the sheer-strake. Thevertical stringer or clamp between the upper and middle decks isworked in order to give longitudinal strength. The garboard-strakes of the China are 1 inch thick; the next strake is ^inch; the next eight str

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