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Definition of Keelsons
1. keelson [n] - See also: keelson
Lexicographical Neighbors of Keelsons
Literary usage of Keelsons
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handbook of Ship Calculations, Construction and Operation: A Book of by Charles Haynes Hughes (1917)
"keelsons and Longitudinals or Side Girders.—In a vessel without a double bottom
there is a fore and aft center plate with angles at the top and bottom, ..."
2. The Elements of Wood Ship Construction by William Henry Curtis, 1884-, William Henry Curtis (1919)
"keelsons The number and arrangement of keelson strakes appears to be within
certain limits purely a matter of individual taste with the designer. ..."
3. Report on the Ship-building Industry of the United States by Henry Hall (1884)
"There are three side keelsons on each side of the main keelson, spaced 4^ feet
... Side keelsons of Winch plate, fitted intercostally riveted to a vertical ..."
4. Iron Ship-building by John Grantham (1868)
"The centre keelsons are there shown in three forms. The first as a box keelson,
formed of plates and angle- iron, running across the top of the floorings, ..."
5. Present-day Shipbuilding: A Manual for Students and Ships' Officers for by Thomas Walton (1907)
"keelsons.—The most important keelson in the ship is the centre keelson, and although
... The centre through-plate keelson and side keelsons, in vessels with ..."
6. A Dictionary of Science, Literature, & Art: Comprising the Definitions and by George William Cox (1867)
"Side keelsons. In large ships, keel- suns parallel to, and somewhat smaller than
the principal keelson, and distant about six f«; from it. ..."
7. The Theory of Strains in Girders and Similar Structures: With Observations by Bindon Blood Stoney (1873)
"Rail-girders or keelsons — Economical distance between the cross-girders — Weight
of single and doable lines — Weight of snow. — When the cross-girders are ..."
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