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REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1891. 



only sources of iutbriuatiou until, within recent years, comparisons have 

 become possible by the tinding of ancient ships in a more or less perfect 

 state of preservation. The knowledge gained from these structures 

 has been employed by the late N. E. Tuxen,' director of the dockyard 



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Fig. 150. 



TLAN of a rRd.lECTKD " T WENTY-SEATER." 



(CoineJ (roin N. K, Tiixi-n. " He noriliski; Lansskilie.") 



at Copenhagen, Denmark, in preparing construction plans of two ves- 

 sels of capacity often mentioned in the sagas, His resume is appended 

 in tabular form. 



In order to obtain good lines and stability, the question of displace- 



' Tuxeii, X. E.: De norclii^ke L<angskn3e. lu Aarb, f, uord. 01 dk, og Hist. Copeu- 



liag(Mi, 1886, 



