Naval architecture, or, The rudiments and rules of ship building : exemplified in a series of draughts and plans : with observations sending to the further improvement of that important art ..

Naval architecture, or, The rudiments and rules of ship building : exemplified in a series of draughts and plans : with observations sending to the further improvement of that important art ..

The rudiments and rules of ship building (parallel)

London Printed for the author|Sold by J. Boydell ..., J. Dodsley ... & J. Sewell ... 1781

[8], iv, [2], 231, [5] p. : ill. ; 38 cm. (fol.) + 1 atlas (XIV folded leaves of plates : ill. ; 52 cm.)

L1998F105 1781

(OCoLC)20702552

Title page and added t. p. engraved.
Signatures: [pi]2 A2 a2 [b]1 B-3O2.
"Subscribers to M. Stalkartt's Naval architecture ...": p. [v]-[vi]
Includes index.
Author, "writing in the midst of the American Revolution (he refers to it in his dedication) proposes two major changes in English naval ship design - a midship bend forward of the center, and fair, instead of hollow, waterlines." -- McDonald, 269
In ink on verso of frontispiece: Henry Williams, [Stappers?]
Bookplate: Institution of Naval Architects ... Scott Library Collection ... July, 1930.

Library Catalog > Monographs > Rare books
All Cataloged Material
All records