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To harness the wind : a short history of the development of sails / Leo Block.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Block, Leo, 1920-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sails--History.
- Sails.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 164 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, [2003]
- Contents:
- Egypt and the early Mediterranean.
- The lateen sail.
- The Viking contribution.
- The full-rigged ship.
- The square rig.
- The fore-and-aft rig.
- Two classic sailing rigs.
- Points of sail.
- Sail area adjustments.
- Schooners.
- The reign of the clipper ship.
- Weatherliness.
- Sails in China and the Pacific islands.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [153]-154) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1557502099
- OCLC:
- 49823303
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