A treatise on the theory and practice of seamanship : containing general rules for manœuvring vessels, with a moveable figure of a ship, so planned that the sails, rudder, and hull may be made to perform the manœuvres according to the rule laid down . To the above is added a Miscellaneous Chapter on the various Contrivances against Accidents, and a Copper Plate of the Diagrams and Figures explained in the Work; the whole forming a useful Compendium to the Officer, to Instruct him when Young, and to Remind him when Old. By an officer in the service of the India Company.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gower, R. H. (Richard Hall), 1767-1833.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Seamanship--Study and teaching.

Seamanship.

Navigation--Study and teaching.

Navigation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii,100p.,plates )

Other Title:

Treatise on the theory and practice of seamanship

Place of Publication:

London : printed for G. G. and J. Robinson, Paternoster Row; and Gilbert, Wright, and Hooke, No 148, Leadenhall Street, MDCCXCIII. [1793]

Notes:

An officer in the service of the India Company = Richard Hall Gower.

Price from imprint: price Five Shillings Bound.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T77722.

OCLC:

642694853