The ship-builders assistant: or, Some essays towards compleating the art of marine architecture : Viz. I. A general introduction, wherein is consider'd the solid of least resistance, so far as relates to the formation of a ship's body, &c. II. Observations for regulating the price of timber, taken from the proportion of its different dimensions; with estimates of the value of oak timber, and several other materials relating to naval stores. III. Rules for building the hull of any sort of ships. To which is added the scantling or measuring of ship-timbers, and some directions about moulding them. IV. A new method for finding the tunnage of any ship. V. Rules for proportationing the rigging. To which is annexed, an explication of the principal terms used in this art. The whole illustrated with many schemes proper to each part, most of them from copper plates. By William Sutherland, shipwright and mariner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sutherland, William (William M.)

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 2: New editions.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shipbuilding--Early works to 1800.

Shipbuilding.

Physical Description:

12 unnumbered pages,165 pages, 1 unnumbered page,plates : illustrations ; 4⁰

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for A. Bell at the Cross-keys and Bible, and R. Smith under the Royal Exchange, Cornhill, 1711.

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Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns

Reproduction of original from William Andrews Clark Memorial Library (UCLA).

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, N22448.

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