Ocean's Story; or, Triumphs of Thirty Centuries Maritime Adventures, Achievements, Explorations, Discoveries and Inventions; and of the Rise and Progress of Ship-Building and Ocean Navigation, from the Ark to the Iron Steamships

CHAPTER III.--The Flood and the Building of the Ark--The Arguments of

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Infidelity against a Universal Deluge--The Material of which the Ark was built--Its Capacity, Dimensions, and Form--Its Proportions copied in Modern Ocean-Steamers 36