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How Ships Are Built in Holland Today
Figure 2.168. cover.
Figure 2.169. Cymatium.
(top) Plate XLI. First (bottom) Plate XXX.
(55 II 3 3) Underneath the lowest hack ebord, on which the car ved console gures stand, lies the Archi trave.
And the Cymatium stands to the lowermost cover.
(83 I 41) 4. About the second hackebord.
1. The second hack ebord, is 2 feet 7 inches higher ,
than the rst hackebord, stands 19 inches farther aft, it is 1 foot broad in the sides, but in the middle broad 14 inches, thick 2 inches.
The hackebord is the base and foot of the stern gal- lery, to which the bottom ends of the car ved gures are attached. The cover lies on the second hack ebord, and is that on which one leans when looking out. The Foot in the side, is xed to the hackebord, on the side to make the eye of the quarter gallery. The counter timbers hold the gallery across the stern.
The lowest hackebord, stands with its underside, 12 inches from the upper side of th e wale, and it is broad 1 foot at the ends, in the middle 13 1⁄2 inches, and thick 4 inches, has a curve of 5 inches toward aft, as from below a curve of 5 inches, it stands 2 feet 2 inches back from the stern post.
2.Thecornersproject31⁄2 inches,andhaveacurve downward of 7 inches.
3. This hackebord has a curve of 4 inches aft.
for decoration’s sake, and also with small spires, for show.
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(57 II 38) In the Gallery privies are made, cases, or lockers and lookouts, they serve for the decoration of the ship. A Gallery , with a window in it, is shown in plate No. 19 [fig. 2.172].
(84 I 31) 8. The aft second cover, on the Wale.
1. The aft cover, broad 81⁄2 inches, has a curve back- ward 41⁄2 inches, the end broad 13 inches, thick 4⁄5 inch,
then end comes 2 feet past the ship.
2. The small Knee in the meeting of the master rib-
band, and the second hack ebord, long 2 feet, broad 5 inches, thick 4 inches.
9. About the cover in the side.
1. Aft this is broad 9 inches, for ward on the post
broad 61⁄2 inches, thick barel y 2 inches, on the arch broad 7 in.
2. Aft with a corner console projecting in and out.
(84 I 21) 1. The Foot long 6 feet, for ward broad 5 inches, aft broad 71⁄2 inches.
2. The Upper end, 1 foot from the ship.
3. The quarter gallery architra ve to it, broad 9 inches, thick 2 inches.
4. The Arch 8 inches past the gallery framing timbers.
5. The frame timber rak es 5 inches aft, and is broad 41⁄2 inches, thick 31⁄2 inches.
(57 I 37) The second cover, has a cur ve aft of 4 inches, and is 1 foot 1 inch broad there in the middle, on the wale B [in fig. 2.170] broad 81⁄2 inches, and at the end 2 feet from the ship, broad 1 foot 11⁄2 inches, thick hardly
(84 I 8)
7. About the Quarter Gallery in the side.
This is laid, according to the line of the ship, not to look misshapen, w hich is w hy below and above it slants against the ship, is often sheathed with copper or plated lead, serves as special abode, for the skipper or captain, to stow something in it, and often as privy, as well as lookout; often they are made open, and only
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