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A.--In a wooden vessel, before any part of the machinery is put in, the keelsons should be dubbed fair and straight, and be looked out of winding by means of two straight edges.

From A Catechism of the Steam Engine by Bourne, John, C.E.

Q.--Of course the keelsons have first to be properly prepared?

From A Catechism of the Steam Engine by Bourne, John, C.E.

It works up well . . . in ship-building, for planking, beams, keels and keelsons, and in civil architecture for joists, flooring, etc.

From Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia by Morris, Edward Ellis

At Liverpool, ship-building, deals, and timber, knees, transums, and futtucks, pintles, keelsons, and moose lines.

From Nature and Human Nature by Haliburton, Thomas Chandler

As a general rule, the bolts attaching the engines to the keelsons are too few and of too large a diameter: it would be preferable to have smaller bolts, and a greater number of them.

From A Catechism of the Steam Engine by Bourne, John, C.E.