10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CRANKNESS»
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1
A voice from the London and its echoes, to which is prefixed ...
If, however, a ship be so heavily laden and lie so deep in the water as " The
London" did, and besides carry such an overplus of canvas, it must strike the
most superficial observer that any exhibition of " crankness" would prove of the
most ...
2
Reminiscences of a Voyage Around the World
The crankness of the ship interfered very much with her progress. She behaved
better at sea, however, than in the river. This was owing to the greater buoyancy
possessed by salt water. But iu salt water, or in fresh, she would be down on her
...
Raymond Cazallis Davis, 1869
3
On the Stowage of Ships and Their Cargoes, Freights, ...
881 Large Deck Loads of one, and sometimes of two tiers of timber are generally
carried; this tends to increase crankness, but as deck loads are not allowed by
the Customs in American colonial ports after the first of September, less ballast ...
Robert White Stevens, 1859
If tumble-home were carried to a considerable extent it would doubtless be of
good practical value by reducing the crankness resulting from top-hamper; but to
do this in a yacht is impossible, because the more the sides are made to tumble ...
Edwin BRETT (Author of “Notes on Yachts.”.), 1869
5
Encyclopaedia Perthensis; or, Universal dictionary of ...
(i.1 Crankness, J i.dtf.z. See Ballastinc. CRANLEY, a town -of England, in Surry,
between Vachcry and Rigbridge Hill. (I.I.) CRAN>"ER, Thomas, a celebrated
archbishop, reformer, and martyr, was the son of Thomas Cranmer, Esq. of
Aflacton, ...
Encyclopaedia Perthensis, 1816
Nothing gives more discomfort in a cruising yacht than crankness; and a vessel
like Jullanar in form, ballasted with iron and without a metal keel, would not be
tolerated. But whilst speaking of the initial crankness of narrow and deep yachts,
the ...
Royal Institution of Naval Architects, 1880
7
The Law Reports of the Incorporated Council of Law ...
There was some shifting of the 1904 coal, and that may have started the
crankness. It would be M", difiicult to counteract the mischief once started,
especially S§)_'Y,"§l“§'Y°§F considering that the tank from which the animals
were I-1*?
8
The London Journal of Arts and Sciences, and Repertory of ...
The boat thus constructed has been found to answer perfectly ; the buoyancy is
equal to that of the Scotch boats of similar dimensions; no crankness or
unsteadiness accrues when the ends are raised ; it is capable of carrying 60
passengers ...
9
Journal of the Franklin Institute
The boat thus constructed has been found to answer perfectly ; the buoyancy is
equal to that of the Scotch boats of similar dimensions ; no crankness or
unsteadiness accrues when the ends are raised ; it is capable of carrying sixty
passengers ...
10
On the Nature, Properties and Applications of Steam, and on ...
This form possesses the advantage of small transverse sections, and gives great
stowage: it is an easy sea boat, and is lively from its fine ends. The principal fault
in this form of vessel is its liability to crankness—its weakness at the bilge.
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