Word: beams
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...satisfactory, but not until the launch has been put to a severe test, can satisfaction be assured. This necessary test will be made on her trip from New York. Mr. Charles R. Cowley of Brooklyn was the builder of the launch. The dimensions are as follows: Length, 45 feet, beam 7 feet, draft 30 inches aft, 18 inches for ward, cockpit for and aft, accommodation for from fifteen to twenty passengers. The hull is made of white cedar planking, copper fastened throughout, but the keel, frames and waining are made of white oak. The decks are of white pine...
...John Blakey of Cambridge for the sophomore crew was tried by the 'varsity and found to carry them so well that an order was given for a boat for the 'varsity. It will be of the same dimensions as the '91 boat, viz.: 61 feet long, 24 inches beam, 61/2 inches deep at the bow and 5 3-4 at the stern...
...Sunny Beam." George Henchel...
...wholly superseded by iron and steel. Steel is better than iron because equal strength can be gained with less weight and bulk and greater durability. It seems probable that steel will be the best material for building bridges in the future. The simplest form of a bridge is a beam supported at the ends. This form is suitable only for very short spans, for the load is transverse and the beam tends to break in the middle of its own weight. Strength is obtained by bracing together two or more systems of trusses. These trusses are made of beams bolted...
...SALE. - Itchen cutter "Daisy" by Fay, Southampton; 32 ft. over all; 8 1-2 ft. beam; lead keel 5 1-4 tons; suit 14 sails, mostly linen, by Lapthorne; complete outfit. Apply to J. N. Palmer, 86 Thayer...