NOAH'S ARK SIZE OF LINER.
It- is generally agreed that Noah's ark measured about- 450 ft in length, "oft in breadth and 45ft in depth. It> is interesting to note that the proportions of these dimensions are practically the winie as thcwe of the great modern liners. The Greeks and the Rom/ins constructed several large vessels measuring upwards of 0001 t. Thos~ pro built tor the emperors or rult>r>. and were little more than enormous K'ows. without anv means of propulsion. A Ptolemy. which was propelled by 500 rowers." arranged in Ave hanks, using oars blft in length. The fame of the Thalamegus still lives This boat, which measured 300 ft in length, 40ft in breadth and 60ft in depth, was said to have been the most beautiful craft in antiquity, and was used exclusively by the emof pvracuse i> also credited with having bn'ilt a very wilntial whose cabins were lum,? with cosily
silks and decorated with rare m attic's. After the decline of the Rnina.n I'^tiipiro no great fdtips ivi'p .'onsi meted for more tli,'in 1000 V'ars.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 11332, 9 March 1915, Page 4
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179NOAH'S ARK SIZE OF LINER. Star (Christchurch), Issue 11332, 9 March 1915, Page 4
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