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The Naval Floating Dock—Its Advantages, Design and Construction
A nation's foreign commerce is a measure of its wealth. Foreign commerce is carried on by means of ships; and ships require harbor and docking facilities. Other conditions being equal, that port offering the best facilities for cleaning and repair work, in addition to deep water and protected berthing, will reap the largest measure of prosperity. The speed of a ship, for a given coal consumption, is a factor of its earning capacity, and marine growths foul a ship's bottom, affecting thereby its speed. Iron and steel corrode in salt water, and must be given protective coverings; these coverings last but a short time in active service, and require periodical renewals.
The Naval Floating Dock—Its Advantages, Design and Construction
A nation's foreign commerce is a measure of its wealth. Foreign commerce is carried on by means of ships; and ships require harbor and docking facilities. Other conditions being equal, that port offering the best facilities for cleaning and repair work, in addition to deep water and protected berthing, will reap the largest measure of prosperity. The speed of a ship, for a given coal consumption, is a factor of its earning capacity, and marine growths foul a ship's bottom, affecting thereby its speed. Iron and steel corrode in salt water, and must be given protective coverings; these coverings last but a short time in active service, and require periodical renewals.
The Naval Floating Dock—Its Advantages, Design and Construction
Cox, Leonard M. (author)
Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers ; 58 ; 97-150
2021-01-01
541907-01-01 pages
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