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Title: Cassier's magazine
Year: 1891 (1890s)
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Subjects: Engineering
Publisher: New York Cassier Magazine Co.
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DISPLAY MODEL OF UNITED STATES BATTLESHIP SOUTH CAROLINA one another, and its fire-control tow-ers, or the waste-basket cage masts,as they are popularly known. The80 or more feet that the top plat-forms of the towers are above thedecks of the vessels is reached in themodel by wires about a foot and ahalf long and considerably smallerthan the lead of an ordinary pencil.Like the tubing of the real towers,these wires, to give strength andrigidity, are carefully secured to oneanother wherever they pass. Theplatforms of wire netting, the lad- ders, the searchlights, and variousother features are accurately por-trayed. The sullen slate or war colourpaint covers all parts of the modelwhich will be visible in the vesselwhen afloat. Even the tiny modelsof the various types of the shipssmall boats are so coloured. Stand-ing close beside the glass case whichencloses the model and looking downmay be seen the light colour of theweather decks. The war colour isbroken elsewhere only by the shin-
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A GROUP OF YACHT MODELS 42 CASSIERS MAGAZINE ing metal of the vessels propellersand two bundles of tiny oars lashedin the cutters and lifeboats. Theselittle lifeboats are shown hangingat their davits abreast the after-tower as if at sea and ready to beinstantly dropped at the cry ofMan overboard! As wonderful as the little boatsappear with their seats, gratings andother fittings, all together not muchlarger than a mans finger, the tinyoars referred to are wonderful inthemselves. Though perfectly shapedand finished, they are only about aslarge as an ordinary wooden tooth-pick. The hook of the forward boatcrane, capable of lifting a 30-ton testload on the ship, yet in the modelabout the size of an old-fashionedearring, may be noted hanging inan unnatural position, the drum ofthe motor having drawn too tightly The stays to the topmasts and thesmokestack guys, representing aboutall the rigging left in these days of steam, have been taken from a spoolof cotton, and are so fine that someof

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