Rib (nautical)
On a
futtocks that are scarfed together.[2] The ancient writers Polybius and Plato held that, since the ribs of a ship were the most important part of the ship's framework, then if the ribs were new, then the ship as a whole was new.[3] Iron was first used in shipbuilding to make the ribs and frames, with wood sheathing attached to them, but this proved inadequate compared to replacing the wood sheathing with iron plates.[4]
See also
References
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- ^ Van Gaasbeek, Richard Montgomery (1919). A Practical Course in Wooden Boat and Ship Building. F.J. Drake. pp. 222–23. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
- ^ Torr, Cecil (1894). Ancient Ships. University of Michigan Press. pp. 39–40. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
- ^ Fairbirn, Sir William (1865). Treatise on Iron Ship Building. London: Longmans, Green, & Company. p. 71. Retrieved 29 November 2020.