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BY THOMAS WALTON, NAVAL ARCHITECT, AUTHOR OF "KNOW YOUR OWN SHIP."
CONTENTS.--I. Manufacture of Cast Iron, Wrought Iron, and
Steel.--Composition of Iron and Steel, Quality, Strength, Tests, &c. II.
Classification of Steel Ships. III. Considerations in making choice of
Type of Vessel.--Framing of Ships. IV. Strains experienced by
Ships.--Methods of Computing and Comparing Strengths of Ships. V.
Construction of Ships.--Alternative Modes of Construction.--Types of
Vessels.--Turret, Self Trimming, and Trunk Steamers, &c.--Rivets
and Rivetting, Workmanship. VI. Pumping Arrangements. VII.
Maintenance.--Prevention of Deterioration in the Hulls of
Ships.--Cement, Paint, &c.--INDEX.
"So thorough and well written is every chapter in the book that it is
difficult to select any of them as being worthy of exceptional praise.
Altogether, the work is excellent, and will prove of great value to
those for whom it is intended."--_The Engineer._
"Mr. Walton has written for the profession of which he is an ornament.
His work will be read and appreciated, no doubt, by every M.I.N.A., and
with great benefit by the majority of them."--_Journal of Commerce._
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