MERCHANT NAVY TRAINING BOARD SYLLABUS
Timber Carriers.—Deck loads and methods of securing Pages 408 to 410
Tankers.—General arrangement of ship and tanks and cargo arrangements,
pipes and valves; precautions against admixture of cargo Pages 416 to 420
Refrigerated and Insulated Ships.—General elementary principles of refrig-
eration. Different temperatures for different cargoes, such as chilled meat,
frozen meat, dairy produce and various kinds of fruits. General elementary
pnnciples and methods of insulation Pages 410 to 416, 607
Load Lines Generally.—Special load lines for tankers and timber laden ships
and reasons for variation. Pages 476 to 480.
MISCELLANEOUS KNOWLEDGE.
FIRST YEAR.
Knowledge of simple machines, e.g. tackles, meaning of mechanical advan-
tage, strength of rope, wire and hemp. Pages 26 to 40.
Resolution of forces. Action of forces on a derrick. Pages 263 to 276.
Centre of gravity; simple examples Moments of the forces as applied to
levers, capstan and winches Pages 488 to 500.
Hydrometer and its use. Specific gravity. Buoyancy. Pressure in
liquids; variation with depth and application to sounding machines. Pages
359 to 372.
Flotation and its application at sea. Use of load lines. Pages 372 to 385.
SECOND YEAR.
Construction of a thermometer. Meaning of temperature. Centigrade*
Absolute, Fahrenheit and Reaumur scales, conversion from one to the other'
maximum and minimum thermometers. Absolute zero* Pages 147 to 150.
The marine barometer, aneroid barometer, barograph. Construction .of a
barometer. Measurement of air pressure, units, e.g bar, millebar. Pages 14J
to!5f
Air pressure. Variation of air pressure with height and latitude.
The atmosphere and its humidity. Vapour pressure and dew point; the
wet and dry bulb hygrometer and its principles and uses. Page 151.
Boyle's and Charles's Law.
, Reflection of light by plane mirrors. Effect of reflection by rotation of
mirror as in the sextant. Sextant errors and their correction Guide, Vol I.,
pages 298 to 311.
Refraction of light by azimuth mirror. Guide, page 179. Atmospheric
refraction. Guide, page §15.
Formation* of images by lenses Magnification of'a telescope.
THIRD YEAR.
Definition of "metacentre" and "metacentric heights." Stiff and tender
ships. Pages 403, 501 to 506
Plotting T P.I. and displacement curves. Calculation of displacement
using a block coefficient. Tons per inch calculations. Deadweight scales.
Pages 509 to 515.
Effect of filling and emptying ballast tanks on centre of gravity as a whole.
Estimating weights of simple parts of ship's structure. Displacement and
sinkage of box forms. Centre of buoyancy and centre of flotation. Pages 515
to 530.
FOURTH YEAR.
Recapitulation lor second mate's examination.
ENGINEERING KNOWLEDGE.
T&e purpose of this subject is not to provide an apprentice with a, detailed
dge o$ engineering, t>ut to enable him to appreciate the functions of the
engineering appliances on board ship in a simple manner.
T&e textbook,, Engineering for Nautical Students, by W. A, Fislier,
&.E»; A.E.T.C., has beea written to meet the requirements o| ^bae
P&$is&e4 by Brown, Son & Ferguson, Ltd., Glasgow,