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Figure 2.74. Detail of a stained glass window (1614) in Grote Kerk in Edam. The scenes in the top row illustrate the shell-first method in all its details. Far left: The keel with stem and stern; behind the s awyer is a large grindstone. Far right: The bilge, with the master ribband attached to some futtocks. Second from right: The top timbers are mounted, and the ship is “filled with wood.” Second from left: The hull is planked up to the second wale; the ship is about to be launched. The bottom row shows various ship types; left to right, a fluyt and a wideship (wijdschip) or smallship (smalschip), a man-of-war, and a watership. (Courtesy Cees
de Jonge, The Visual Art Box)
How Ships Are Built in Holland Today
(273II21) Thelessshipsareboundinside,w hether with heavy oor riders, bulkheads or other wise, the better they will make speed.
Figure 2.75. Plate XXII. Knee on the broekstuk, which connects the fashion pieces.
(54 II 20) The keelson [. . .], which can be called an inner, or second keel, is a heavy balk, lying along the entire ship below, or on the bottom, against the k eel, to secure the frames or ribs of the ship, w hich are fas- tened to it.
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(68 I 54 ) The keelson should be thick two thirds of the stem.
(75 II 14) 17. About the rider fl oors, below and abo ve the mast step.
1. The rider oors broad 12 inches, thick 10 inches.
2. Below lie two and above four oor timbers: they are thick 9, broad 10 inches.
3. The ends long 7 feet.
(75 II 42) 19. About the stern breasthooks and crutches.
1. Aft there are four breasthooks, with crutches.
2. These breasthooks thick 71⁄2 inches, broad 10 inches. 3. The ends long, 6, 7, 8 feet.
(74 II 17) The rising oor timbers are deep 1 foot,
thick aft 6 inches: aft of the poort op de kiel [unclear] thick 101⁄2 inches.
(79 II 14) The 2 rider oors at the main step, lie 3 feet 8 in. apart, and between the two, to each side of the k eel- son, lies a chock.
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