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WORKS BY THOMAS WALTON, 



NAVAL ARCHITECT. 



FOURTH EDITION. Pp. i-xvi + 332. With 18 Plates and '237 other 

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STEEL SH I PS; 



THEIR CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE. 



A Manual for Shipbuilders, Ship Superintendents, Students, 

 and Marine Engineers. 



BY THOMAS WALTON, NAVAL ARCHITECT, 



AUTHOR OF "KNOW YOUR OWN SHIP." 



CONTENTS. I. Manufacture of Cast Iron, Wrought Iron, and Steel. Com- 

 position of Iron and Steel, Quality, Strength, Tests, &c. II. Classification of 

 Steel Ships. III. Considerations in making choice of Type of Vessel. Framing 

 of Ships. IV. Strains experienced by Ships. Methods of Computing and 

 Comparing Strengths of Ships. V. Construction of Ships. Alternative Modes 

 of Construction. Types of Vessels. Turret, Self Trimming, and Trunk 

 Steamers, &c. Rivets and Rivetting, Workmanship. VI. Pumping Arrange- 

 ments. VII. Maintenance. Prevention of Deterioration in the Hulls of 

 Ships. Cement, Paint, &c. INDEX. 



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PRESENT-DAY SHIPBUILDING. 



For Shipyard Students, Ships' Officers, and Engineers. 



BY THOS. WALTON. 



GENERAL CONTENTS. Classification. Materials used in Shipbuilding. 

 Alternative Modes of Construction. Details of Construction. Framing, 

 Plating, Rivetting, Stem Frames, Twin-Screw Arrangements, Water 

 Ballast Arrangements, Loading and Discharging Gear, &c. Types of 

 Vessels, including Atlantic Liners, Cargo Steamers, Oil carrying Steamers, 

 Turret and other Self Trimming Steamers, <fec. INDEX. 



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The Chapters on Tonnage and Freeboard have been brought thoroughly 

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KNOW YOUR OWN SHIP. 



BY THOMAS WALTON, NAVAL ARCHITECT. 

 Specially arranged to suit the requirements of Ships' Officers, Shipowners, 



Superintendents, Draughtsmen, Engineers, and Others, 



CONTENTS. Displacement and Deadweight. Moments. Buoyancy. Strain. 



Structure. Stability. EU>lling. BallMfetng. Loading. Shifting Cargoes. Effect of 



Admission of Water into Ship. Trim Tonnage. Freeboard Load-line). Calculations. 



Set of Calculations from Actual Drawings. INDKX. 



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