Note 4 — Chapter V · FORM—Continued. SHIPS
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The entrance is that part of the ship forward where it enters the water and swells out to the full breadth of the ship; the run is the after part from where the ship begins to narrow and extending to the stern. A ship may consist of only entrance and run; it may have a middle body of parallel sides between the entrance and run. Such a middle body is discussed by Lord Kelvin in “Popular Lectures and Addresses,” Vol. III, Navigation, p. 492.