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Figure 2.204. Plate XXXIII. Pump, rod, piston, valve, scupper hose, copper kettle, pivot and handle.
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a copper kettle which is full of holes, w hich rests down on the planking, and to the side of the keel. The hole thatisinthepump,is11⁄2 incheswide,broad11⁄2 inches, thick 1⁄4 inches: the eye to w hich comes the pivot is 4 incheslong,wide41⁄2 inches,thepivotis11⁄2 feetlong above, thick and broad 71⁄2 inches, the lower end long 14 inches, below around the pump is a round border, on the main deck and the steering stand , the pump dale comes 6 inches abaft the mast, and it is wide 8 inches, long 14 inches,thelipcomesagainst thesteeringstandbelow: the pipe is wide 4 inches, on each side, and goes through the ship, and is paneled with planks, of 1 inch thickness: thepipeisof2piecesoneachside,thepiecethatis xed to the kettle, is not attached to the side: the other piece is xed to the side, so that it will not leak at the k ettle. The one at the side is xed around the scupper, and this is broad 8 1⁄2 inches, thick 3 inches. Above around the lead cistern or kettle, there is a border, which is 2 inches high and thick, the lid on it, that is thick 2 inches, and it has been let in one inch, and the other above that, which stands over it, and there is 1 hole or 2, in which the scup- per hose hangs, the scupper hose is 1 1⁄2 feet high on the pump, the hole in the pump above is wide 5 inches, the handle in the pump 9 feet l ong, the handle in the pivot long 81⁄2 feet, and above the square part long 2 feet, and there thick 3 inches, where it is broad 5 inches, the lower end thick and broad 2 inches, the bolts have a small plate to each end, the pivot stands with a pin in a small enclosure, with its lower end.
(58 I 50) The pipes of the privies are made of lead , and the cover is planed, with a parrot beak.
102. The Bushes, Pumps, and the Privy
The translation of the Dut ch word bossen into “bushes” may not be correct. Bossen were square leng ths of wood in which a hole h ad been dril led lengthwise and whic h were placed in aper tures in the ship’s side. The water- ways had been cut away where a bush began. The bushes would stick out a little outs ide the pl anking so the scup- per hose c ould be nailed ont o it. This was a leather or canvas hose that prevented the water from coming up the scuppers and bushes when the ship was heeling.
The bushes always protruded between two wales and were placed so that the water could not accidentally enter the ship again via a gunport below.
The pumps were made of elm. They were bored out ac- curately through the he artwood, then t arred and ser ved
Figure 2.205. Plate XXXI. Privy pipe, lid.
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