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Show f Patterned After the Ark. Within the last ten years the general dimensions dimen-sions of the ark have been closely followed by cargo cfmumj.k: 1,,,, '7, ..,. 4.., J 1 .1 t ocirmi uuuuas iwi ucep sea ana rne .American Great Lakes service. According to the Bible, the ark was 480 feet long, 80 feet wide and 48 feet deep. Her tonnage was 11,413, and she had enough room for pairs of all the distinct species of animals ani-mals that are classed by Buffon 244 and she could have accommodated a thousand persons and then have plenty of room for the storage of supplies. sup-plies. In the seventeenth century Peter Jansen, a Hollander, built a vessel of the exact proportions of the ark, and she was successful, as the records of the times show, in making money for her owners. Xoah, the "Father of Xaval Architecture," is held in profound respect by naval architects of today, who know how immeasurably the Phoenicians. Greeks and Romans and all other shipbuilders fell short of the excellencies of the type of the ark as f a commodious, safe and economical vessel. Syren and Shipping. i. |