Glossary
bow: the front section of a ship. (Back)
bulkheads: the upright partitions dividing a ship into compartments. (Back)
grain structure: the arrangement or pattern of the particles composing a substance. (Back)
lumen: the unit of luminous flux equal to the light given off by one candle. (Back)
stern: the rear section of a ship. (Back)
wireless: a radio telegraph or radiotelephone system. (Back)
References
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Manning, George, The Theory and Technique of Ship Design (New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1956), pp. 25-53.
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Refrigerator, Mister, "R.M.S. Titanic," http://www.scv.net/~fridge/index.htm (May 1998).
Rogers, Patrick, Anne-Marie O'Neill, and Sophfronia S. Gregory, "Sunken Dreams," People, vol. 49, no. 10 (March 1998), pp. 44-51.
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Author's Note: When she wrote this report, Vicki Bassett was a senior in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin. (Back to Beginning)