 Sails cut square on the head and foot, with gores only on the leeches, as some topsails are, the cloths on the head between the leeches are cut square to the depth ; and the gores on the leeches are found by dividing the depth of the sail by the number...  The art of sail-making - Strona 17autor: Art - 1843Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
 | 1823 - Liczba stron: 936
...sail by the number of cloths gored, which rives the length of each gore. The gore is set down from u square with the opposite selvage; and the canvas being cut diagonally, the longest gored side of one cloth. makes the shortest side of the next ; consequently, the first gore... | |
 | William Nugent Glascock - 1836 - Liczba stron: 730
...the leeches are found by dividing the depth of the sail by the number of cloths gored, which gives the length of each gore. The gore is set down from...selvage, and the canvas being cut diagonally, the longest gored side of one cloth makes the shortest side of the next ; consequently, the first gore... | |
 | Stephen Bleecker Luce - 1866 - Liczba stron: 874
...the leeches are found by dividing the depth of the sail by the number of cloths gored, which gives the length of each gore. The gore is set down from...the first gore being known, the rest are cut by it. In the leeches of topsail* cut hollow, the upper gores are longer than the lower ones ; and in sails... | |
 | Stephen Bleecker Luce - 1898 - Liczba stron: 852
...the leeches are found by dividing the depth of the sail by the number of cloths gored, which gives the length of each gore. The gore is set down from...selvage, and the canvas, being cut diagonally, the longest-gorea side of one cloth makes the shortest side of the next ; consequently, the first gore... | |
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