Excerpt from The Shipbuilding Industry Its History, Practice, Science and FinanceOf its fundamental features. Even modern designers have a professional respect for the Ark's proportions, which were 300 cubits (450 feet) in length - assuming, as is generally done, the cubit to have been 18 inches 50 cubits (75 feet) in breadth, and 30 cubits (45 feet) in depth, and some have based designs upon the same following. This, however, has not necessarily re sulted in a successful vessel for modern or general everyday purposes. The great antediluvian ship was reputedly intended for one very special purpose, and that involved the question of carrying capacity and leisurely oating on the face of the waters, rather than safely speeding through or upon them. She fulfilled her desired functions in a faultless way, of course, and although her living freight was of un speakable value, her subsequent grounding was scarcely regarded as a calamity, as such occurrences usually are nowadays, with our fully developed Board Of Trade regulations and inquiries and marine insurance policies.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.

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