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" ... ^three-fifths of the breadth, and take the depth from the under side of the deck plank to the ceiling in the hold, then multiply and divide as aforesaid, and the quotient shall be deemed the tonnage. "
The American Tutor's Assistant Revised, Or, A Compendious System of ... - Page 173
by Zachariah Jess - 1813 - 210 pages
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An Abridgement of the Laws of the United States: Or, A Complete Digest of ...

William Graydon - Law - 1803 - 730 pages
...double decked ship or vessel, shull deduct from the said length three fifths vt the breadth, and taking the depth from the under side of the deck plank to the ceiling in the hold, shall multiply and divide, as aforesaid, and fhe quotient shall be deemed the tonnage of such ship...
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A New System of Mercantile Arithmetic: Adapted to the Commerce of the United ...

Michael Walsh - Arithmetic - 1807 - 290 pages
...single-decked, take the length and breadth, as above directed, deduct from the said length three-fifths of thje breadth, and take the depth from the under side of the deck plank, to the ceiling in the held, then multiply and divide as aforesaid, and the quotient shall be deemed the tonnage." EXAMPLES....
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Carleton's Compendium of Practical Arithmetic: Applied to the Federal and ...

Osgood Carleton - Arithmetic - 1810 - 264 pages
...subtract | of the breadth from the length the remainder multiply by the breadth, and that product by the depth from the under side of the deck plank, to the ceiling at bottom ; divide this last product by 94 tor tons. EXAMPLES. 1. What is the tonage of a ship, 87...
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The Columbian Arithmetician: Or New System of Theoretical and Practical ...

Arithmetic - 1811 - 236 pages
...directed, deduct from the faid length three-fifths of the breadth, and take the depth from the underfide of the deck plank, to the ceiling in the hold, then multiply and divide as aforefaid, and the quotient ihall be deemed the tunnage." What is the government tunnage of a double-decked...
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A Selection of All the Laws of the United States, Now in Force, Relative to ...

John Brice - Commercial law - 1814 - 606 pages
...double decked ship or vessel, shall deduct from the said length three fifths of the breadth, and taking the depth from the under side of the deck plank to the ceiling in the hold, shall multiply and divide, as aforesaid, and the quotient shall be deemed the tonnage of such ship...
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The American Negociator: Consisting of Tables of Exchange of the United ...

William Dickinson (of London.) - 1818 - 98 pages
...single-decked, take the length and breadth, as above directed, deduct from the said length three-fifths of the breadth, and take the depth from the under side...as aforesaid, and the quotient shall be deemed the tonnage." For instance, the government tonnage of a double-decked vessel, 75 feet 6 inches in length,...
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A New, Copious and Complete System of Arithmetic: For the Use of Schools and ...

James Maginness - Arithmetic - 1821 - 378 pages
...directed, deduct from the said length, threefifths of the breadth, and take the depth from the underside of the deck plank, to the ceiling in the hold, then...as aforesaid, and the quotient shall be deemed the tonnage. EXAMPLES. 1. What is the government tonnage of a single decked vessel, whose length is 69...
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A Digest of the Laws of the United States of America, from March 4th, 1789 ...

Edward Ingersoll - Law - 1821 - 882 pages
...double decked ship or vessel, shall deduct from the said length three-fifths of the breadth, and, taking the depth from the under side of the deck plank to the ceiling in the hold, shall multiply and divide as aforesaid, and the quotient shall be deemed the tonnage of such ship or...
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A Treatise on Gunter's Scale, and the Sliding Rule: Together with a ...

George Curtis - Lumber - 1824 - 132 pages
...directed, in a double decked vessel ; and deduct from the length, three fifths of the breadth ; and taking the depth from the under side of the deck plank to...ceiling in the hold ; then multiply and divide as above directed, and the quotient will be the true contents or tonnage of such vessel." EXAMPLE. If...
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The New American Practical Navigator: Being an Epitome of Navigation ...

Nathaniel Bowditch - Nautical astronomy - 1826 - 732 pages
...respect to a double-decked vessel, and deduct from the length threefifths of the breadth, and taking the depth from the under side of the deck plank to the ceiling of the hold ; multiply and divide as aforesaid, the quotient will be the true content or tonnage of...
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