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37. Make the Ceiling between the Bilges and the Beams
In the meantime the ship was further planked on the in- side until all framing had disappeared behind the ceiling.
38. With the Top Timbers.
(60 II 50) The top timbers are the timbers with which the full height of the ship is obtained.
(68 I 50) The foot of the top timbers equals a quarter of the stem.
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(68 I 22) About the tumble home of the top timbers.
15. The tumble home of the top timbers at the main frame.
1. With the height of the upper deck in the side one and 2⁄3 for the tumble hom e. For example, the upper deck is high 6 feet in the side, then it should tumble 2 feet and 1⁄3 for the rake.
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(68 II 9) The top timbers lean inward , mostly one third of the height of the upper deck.
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(152 II 49) The top timbers in place, the tops are con- nected athwartship and also put spalls at the inside, with one end attached to th e beam, and the other to the top timbers, and then these spalls are made around where the upper wale and sheer rail are to be made, and also the railing above, and then all the top timbers are placed, the Waterway is laid against the top tim- bers, and half (w hich is half the water way or half the thickness of the water way) is let in to the beam, then the Binding strakes are laid, and the outside is further
nished.
How Ships Are Built in Holland Today
(76 I 19) Where the top timber tumbles at the loca- tion of the main frame 2 feet, that is with a height of 61⁄2 feet,andwiththeheightof81⁄2 feet,ittumbles3feet: the foremost, with a heigh t of 6 feet, tumbles 1 foot 10 inches: with a height of 9 feet, it tumbles 3 feet, and with a height of 12 feet, it tumbles 3 feet 6 inches: that is aft of the main frame and there is tumble home too. The seventh top timber leans inward , on the ribband 2 feet 81⁄2 inches, and these stand on the futtocks.
The fourth top timber from th e front leans inward 2 feet 4 inches, at a height of 61⁄2 feet; at a height of 81⁄2 feet it tumbles 3 feet.
Figure 2.72. Plate LIII (drawing AA)
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