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WELL
WELL, an apartment formed in the middle of a ship's hold to inclose the pumps, from the bottom to the lower deck. It is used as a barrier to preserve those machines from being damaged by the friction or compression of the materials contained in the hold, and particularly to prevent the entrance of ballast, &c. by which the tubes would presently be choaked, and the pumps rendered incapable of service. By means of this inclosure, the artificers may likewise more readily descend into the hold, in order to examine the state of the pumps, and repair them, as occasion requires.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 318, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/1492.html