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one to penetrate deeper when the anchor is on the bottom. This arrangement, aided by the horns on the back of the flukes, also prevents fouling. At a trial made in 1853, under the auspices of the British Board of Admiralty, to determine the comparative general merits of various descriptions of anchors, their comparative merits were decided to be as follows, the Admiralty anchor being taken as unity: — Trotman1.28Honibal (or Porter）1.09 Rodgers1.26Aylen1.09 Mitcheson1.20Admiralty1.00 Lenox1.13Isaacs.73 Notwithstanding the numerous recent modifications claiming to be improvements, an anchor differing little from the oldfashioned type, excepting that even the very largest sizes have iron stocks, still maintains its place both in the navy and merchant service of the United States. English Admiralty anchor. Anchors require to be made of the very best and toughest wrought-iron. They are made by welding together a fagot of bars under a steam or trip hammer, the smaller an