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DECKS (continued)
Thus we have represented, on one side, all the pieces which sustain the deck with it's cannon; and, on the other side, the deck itself, with a tier of 32 pounders planted in battery thereon. In order also to shew the use of the breeching and train-tackle, one of the guns is drawn in as ready for charging. See the articles BREECHING and CANNON.The number of beams, by which the decks of ships are supported, is often very different, according to the practice of different countries; the strength of the timber of which the beams are framed; and the services for which the ship is calculated.
As the deck which contains the train of a fire-ship is furnished with an equipage peculiar to itself, the whole apparatus is particularly described in the article FIRE-SHIP.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 98, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/0419.html