 | Frederick Emerson - Arithmetic - 1835 - 300 pages
...take the length thereof from the fore part of the main stern, to the after part of the stern-post, above the upper deck; the breadth thereof at the broadest part above Ihc main wales, lialf of which breadth shall be accounted the depth of such vessel, and then dcdr.ct... | |
 | Great Britain - Law - 1836 - 756 pages
...tified to us that the said ship or vessel has [number] decks and [number] ' masts, that her length from the fore part of the main stem to the after * part of the stern post aloft is [number of feet and inches'], her breadth * at the broadest part [stating whether that be... | |
 | Amos Eaton - Civil engineering - 1838 - 212 pages
...according to a statute of the United States, must be found as follows : Take the length of the vessel from the fore part of the main stem to the after part of the stern post above the deck or decks ; and the breadth at the broadest part above the main wales, and deduct from the length... | |
 | George Leonard (Jr.) - Arithmetic - 1839 - 362 pages
...depth of the hold. GOVERNMENT RULE. — If the vessel be double decked, take, in feet, the length from the fore part of the main stem to the after part of...the stern post. above the upper deck ; the breadth at the broadest part above the main wales, and call half of it the depth ; then deduct § of the breadth... | |
 | Arts - 1840 - 540 pages
...is very favourable for large ships. The Americans, if the ship is a two-decker, take the length from the fore part of the main stem to the after part of the stern post above the deck, and the breadth at the broadest part above the main waleg, half of which breadth is accounted... | |
 | Richard Shipman - Conveyancing - 1840 - 794 pages
...certified to us, that the said ship or vessel has [number] decks, and [number] masts, that her length, from the fore part of the main stem, to the after part of the stern post aloft, is [number of feet and inches,] her breadth at the broadest part [stating whether that be above... | |
 | George Leonard (jr.) - Arithmetic - 1841 - 350 pages
...length, breadth, and depth are measured in feet and decimals of a foot, as follows. The length from the fore part of the main stem to the after part of...the stern post, above the upper deck ; the breadth at the broadest part above the main wales ; the depth in single decked vessels, from the under side... | |
 | George Leonard - Arithmetic - 1841 - 354 pages
...together, and divide the product by 95. To find the length, breadth, and depth. The length is measured from the fore part of the main stem to the after part of...the stern post, above the upper deck ; the breadth is measured at the broadest part above the main wales ; the depth in single decked vessels is measured... | |
 | George Leonard - Arithmetic - 1841 - 356 pages
...breadth, and depth are measured in feet and decimals of a foot, as follows. The. length from the fore pan of the main stem to the after part of the stern post, above the upper deck ; the breadth at the broadest part above the main wales ; the depth in single decked vessels, from the under side... | |
 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - Arithmetic - 1841 - 324 pages
...RULE. " If the vessel be double-decked, take the length thereof from the fore part of the main stern, to the after part of the stern post, above the upper deck ; the breadth thereof at the lowest part above the main wales, half of which breadth shall be accounted the depth of such vessel,... | |
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... of the breadth; multiply the remainder by the breadth, and the product by the depth... 
