The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1874-06-17
MISCELLANY.
ANCIENT TESS ELS,


Magnificent and large as are some of oui
modern steam vessels, they are inferior, if Wa
may judge from description, both in size ant
splendor, to the vessels constructed by thu
kings of Egypt and Syracuse, on scale o.
grandeur corresponding to the immense pre-
parations of their sculpture and architecture
Ptolem@us Philopater, king of Egypt, bull
a vessel 400 feet long, Sc feet broad, 70 feel
high irons the keel to the top Of the PROV, but
80 feet to the top of the poop. She had foul
helms of so feet ;sshcr largest oars were 81
feet long with leaden handles, so as to work
more easily by the rowers ; she had two
prows, two sterns, seven rostra or beaks, sue.
cessively rising and swelling out one over the
other, the topmost one most prominent and
stately on the poop and PROV she had figures
of animals not less than IS feet high; all the
interior of the vessel was beautified with b
delicate sort of painting Of waxen color. -
She had four thousand rowers, four hundred
cabin boys or servants marines to do duty
on the decks, $500 with an insnense stock OF
arms and provisions. The same prince built
another ship, called the Thalamegus, or bed
chamber ship, which was only used as pleas
ure yatch for sailing up and down the Nile
She was not 50 long orIarge as the preceding,
but more splendid in the chambers and their
furnishings. Hero, king Of zSyracise, built
an enormous vessel, which he intended for a
corn trader her lenpth, Is nots pivea She WINS
bp;lt at Svracuse nv a Cor;nth;an sb;n-hn;,d
er, and was launched by AZ, apparatus devised
by Archimedes. All her bolts and nails were
of brass she had twenty rows If oars be,
apartments xverc ! Il, M ve,, wifi, mat sn,,oro
yariecated tiles on which was na;nted all Tho
story of Homer,s I,;ad
She had gymnasium. with shady. walks
ON her rpper decks. garden plots stocked Va.
rious nlants. nourished with i;mn;d wafer that
flowed circulating round then in cana, Of
,ead She had bere ana tbo,os ~, do.l, ~
bors mantled with INV and vino branches
which f,our;sled in fuI, creenness hei,a s,,n
n,;ed with the n,;nc;n,e If o,o,yt,, fron, tbo
,ar,v sn,end;d whose n,yeuent Vac of ,oo,a
and other n,ec;ons stones and whose nano,s
daors aud ,oo.s ,,.re oe ;,or,, ond ,.ooa -
tho tlva tree She had scho,.sto,;,n, -
library. with Eve co,cbes ;ts roof .,c,,ed n
e. a no,,s or va,,t will, tha st,r, o,,,,ossod .
she had a hath with ;ts occonn,,;,ne,ts a,
,,ost ~. or;f;cent. sbo had o., o..,, s;do 80
her tacck ten stalls for horses Will, fodder aud
furnishings f,r the cyeoms and r;ders f,s,,-
nond of lead. full IF f;sh whose ,vatsrs could
he LET out or admired ~ Measure she had
two towers on the poop two ON the nrow and
four IN fine middle. full Of armed man that
managed the machines invented Inv rel, ;,ae.
des FIR throw;no stones Of aoo no,rds
wright and arrows eiohteen feet LONG 70 t,,a
distance of a f,r,onc' She had three ,n,sts
and two autannm or Yards. that SWING with
hooks and masses Of lead attached She had
round tho whole circn,t of ber decL = ran'
part Of iron, with iron screws. which took
hold az sb;ns and draooed them nearer for
tho ,,rnose of da.trov;ng thor, THO f,n,o,s
m, hoxvl~ ~, ,rs mn ate ,rra IF hraas with MAJ,