Identifier: romanceofshipsto00chat (find matches)
Title: The romance of the ship; the story of her origin and evolution
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Chatterton, E. Keble (Edward Keble), 1878-1944
Subjects: Ships Shipbuilding
Publisher: Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott company London, Seeley and co., limited
Contributing Library: Boston College Libraries
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long polewith a wide blade where it meets the water. Theother end rests on a forked prop, rising to a greatheight above the helmsman, who works his helm bymeans of a strong rope attached thereto. We knowthat this is true, because we have excellent illustrationsfound in the Temple of Deir-el-Bahari, in which thedetails of the ships are shown with consummate care.But quite recently still further evidence of the ships ofthis period has been obtained, owing to the interestinglittle models which were discovered at Rifeh and arenow in the Manchester Museum. The reason for thesemodel-ships being placed in the tombs is found in thebelief of the Egyptians that they could be transformedby the use of words of magical power into ghostlyforms of their originals which had existed on earth,and thus would be able to provide the dead with ameans of sailing about on the waters of the Underworld.It is during the time of the Twelfth Dynasty that wesee a modification of the sail introduced. Hitherto it 80
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