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Chapter Two
Figure 2.59. (left) Plate XLIII. The ship transected.
(60 I 48) In the Ship, transected, the rst plate shows the keel at A. B the bottom of the ship, beginning at B and ending at B.
C is a oor timber, lying in the bilge, across the keel, from C to C. D is the futtock [ . . . ] E is a top timber or top futtock. F a deckclamp:hereinthedeckbeamslieasinafoundation,drivenwith dovetails.Gisthelowerdeckspirketing.Hthelowerdeck beam.Iistheplanking;betweentheturnofthebilgesandthe lowerwale.Kistheturnofthebilges.Lstrakesbetweenwales [mistakenly marked i ]. M the wales outside against the Ship. N is the sheer rail , the upper edge of the ship, not unlik e the wales. O is the upper deck beam. P the futtock rider . Q is the bilge stringer . R the ceiling of the bilge, and inside the plank shell. S is the keelson. T a gun carriage. V is the tingel , lying across the watercourse or limber hole. W the rabbet in the k eel, or the score, in which the garboard strake comes. The Point X projects from the planking of the turn of the bilges one foot; w hich is at the topoftheturnofthebilge,ortheendoftheturnof thebilge;andsuch,wherethesetwolinescrosseachother;andthismakes the width of the entire ship, at the height of the scuppers.
Figure 2.60. (right) Plate XLIII
(60 II 33) On the second plate of the transected ship A is a knee in the hold . B a knee to the upper deck beam. C is the water way. D is a scupper. E is the binding strake. F planks on the main deck. G the stool block underneath the gun. H the lower deck beam, or beam in the hold. K a truck of the gun carriage. L is the top timber . M a bilge futtock. [ . . . ] The letters E, H, F, in this second plate of the Ship in cross section, stand outside the Figure, to w hich I was forced by the size of the plate; it is enough to know that they belong to the main deck.
i f b c
The Garboard strake. The Limber hole. The Floor timber. The Futtock.
23. And Fasten Putlogs Thereto, on Which the Scaffolding Comes
The fact that Witsen goes to greats lengths to explain how
When the width of the F uttocks at both sides has been measured, then a line is attached to the sheer line at g, and pulled down to the cen ter line on the k eel and attached there, and then measure the width at the futtocks and the Sheer line, at g.
the scaffolding for the work ers was built is dence of his depth of knowledge.
further evi-
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