EYEPATCH NOTES
May 27, 2021
2 minutes
by Matthew Elliott
Launching a ship is difficult. It imposes stresses on the vessel not experienced during standard operation. It presents a significant, often dangerous engineering challenge. In 1860, after eight years of planning, two people died launching Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s SS Great Eastern. It’s so difficult, in fact, that sailors do anything they can to
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