 | Charles Guilford Burnham - 1857 - 342 pages
...Ans. 378 jf tons. GOVERNMENT RULE. " If the vessel be double decked, take t/»e length thereof from the fore part of the main stem to the after part of the stern-post, above the upper deck ; the breadth thereof at the broadest part above the main wales, half... | |
 | Charles Guilford Burnham - 1859 - 338 pages
...double-decked vessel, whose length is 80 feet, and breadth 30 feet ? Ans. 378^f tons. GOVERNMENT RULE. " If the vessel be double decked, take the length thereoffrom...fore part of the main stem to the after part of the stern-post, above the upper deck ; the. breadth thereof at the broadest part above the main wales,... | |
 | Commerce - 1860 - 790 pages
...tonnage for the sume ship than the British. If the vc?sel be Double-decked, the length is taken 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, half of which breadth is accounted the depth. From the length,... | |
 | Hawaii. Bureau of Customs - Customs administration - 1871 - 80 pages
...ascertained her tonnage, according to the Hawaiian rule, I hereby certify that . _ Her length, from the fore part of the main stem to the after part of the stern post above the upper deck, is feet inches. Her breadth, at the broadest part above the main wales, is feet inches. Her depth,... | |
 | Joseph Ray - 1856 - 400 pages
...at the ntain beam. '•VN GOVERNMENT RULE. If the vessel, is double-deckel, mfasure its length from the fore part of the main stem, to the .after part of the stern-post, above the upper </crA- ; measure the lbreadth at the broadest part above the main wales,... | |
 | United States - Maritime law - 1886 - 538 pages
...the district to measure the same, shall, if the vessel be double-decked, take the length thereof from the fore part of the main stem to the after part of the sternpost, above the upper deck, the breadth thereof at the broadest part above the main wales, half... | |
 | Sir Edward Sullivan - Yacht racing - 1894 - 552 pages
...a meeting on March 12, 1874, adopted the following rule :— The length shall be the distance from the fore part of the main stem to the after part of the main sternpost measured in a straight line along the deck. The breadth shall be the distance between... | |
 | Edward Sullivan - 1894 - 556 pages
...a meeting on March 12, 1874, adopted the following rule :— The length shall be the distance from the fore part of the main stem to the after part of the main sternpost measured in a straight line along the deck. The breadth shall be the distance between... | |
 | ira n. hollis - 1900 - 350 pages
...technical, to show that the tonnage had no fixed relation to the displacement of a ship. "Measure from the fore part of the main stem to the after part of the stern post above the upper deck ; take the breadth thereof at the broadest part above the main wales, one half of which breadth shall... | |
 | Frederick Pollock, Robert Campbell, Oliver Augustus Saunders, Arthur Beresford Cane, Joseph Gerald Pease, William Bowstead - Law reports, digests, etc - 1902 - 910 pages
...master; that she is a square-sterned ship, with a Hush deck, and three masts; that her length from the fore part of the main stem to the after part of the stern-post aloft, is 102 feet, 4 inches ; that her breadth at the broadest part, above the main wales,... | |
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... of the breadth; multiply the remainder by the breadth, and the product by the depth... 
