Minutes of proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers Volume 170
Автор:Institution of Civil Engineers Год: 2012 Издание: [не указанo] Страниц: 192 ISBN: 1130212165 This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907 Excerpt: ...above the upper deck are of sufficient height and strength, and the weather-deck hatchways are properly and substantially framed, and securely fitted with strong covers. The close attention paid during recent years to the protection of openings in the weather-deck, in association with the strict limitation of loading now enforced by the Board of Trade freeboard tables, has resulted in an extraordinary diminution of losses at sea. The effect upon safety of the present regulations, and of the improvement all round in the size, strength, and equipment of ships is shown by the yearly statistics of losses; and it is well that some of the figures should be known. In the three calendar years 1881-83 there were 1,982 of the British ships registered in the 1 United Kingdom, exclusive of...
