33^ On Mr. GreathechcV s Life-Boat. 



takes to build thefe boats, and to convey them to any port 

 in the kingdom. He is a worthy man, in whom a confi- 

 dence may be repofed, and will build upon moderate terms 

 of profit. 



Thomas Hinderwell. 



Defcription of the Lfe-Boat. 



EEjE (Plate VIII.), the (heer or curve of the boat. 



1 1, the two ftems or ends. 



K, the keel. 



LL, the aprons, to flrengthen the ftems. 



M i\I, the iheels, or places for palTengers. 



NN, timber-heads, or boat-falienings. 



00000, the tholes on which the oars are flung by 

 grommets. 



T, flooring under the rowers feet. 

 Fig. 2. a crofs fe&ion of the life-boat. 

 FF, the outfide coatings of cork. 

 GG, the infide cork filling. 

 H B, the outfide planks of the boat. 



1, one of the ftems of the boat. 

 K, the keel. 



NN, the timber heads. 



P, the thwarts, or rowers feats. 



R, one of the ftanchions under the thwarts, eac-Ii being 

 thus firmlv fupported. 



S, a fedlion of the gang-board, which crofTes the thwarts, 

 and forms the paflTage from one end of the boat to the other. 



T, the floor-heads, or platform for the rowers feet. 



V V, the two bilge-pieces, nearly level with the keel. 



WW, the gunwales. 



X, a ring-bolt for the head-faft, there being another alfo 

 at the other end. 



Y, platform for the fteerfman. 



Fig. 3. a truck or carriage with four wheels, to convey the 

 boat to and from the fea. 



a, an oblong frame of wood confifting of two long pieces, 

 hollowed a little to admit the body of the boat, and fccured 

 by the crofs pieces bb. 



cccc, four low wheels, each funk or hollowed in the mid- 

 dle, to run belter upon a rail-way or tinibcr-road. 



dd, two mdcnts made in the fide timbers, that the bottom 

 cf the boat mav lie firm therein. 



ee, two fmail rollers, moveable in the crofs timbers for 

 the keel of the boat to Aide upon. 



ff, the 



