A Narrow Football Of Steel, The Interplanetary Vessel _Arcturus_ Stood
Upright In Her Berth In The Dock Like An Egg In Its Cup. A Hundred Feet
Across And A Hundred And Seventy Feet Deep Was That Gigantic Bowl, Its
Walls Supported By The Structural Steel And Concrete Of The Dock And
Lined With Hard-Packed Bumper-Layers Of Hemp And Fibre.