Supplement to the treatise on ship-building : Containing extracts translated from M. Bouguer's Traité du navire. Together with M. Duhamel's method of finding the centre of gravity. And some Occasional remarks. Also An Account of several Experiments, made to ascertain the Form of a Solid that will move with the greatest Velocity through the Water. Likewise A Method to determine the Thickness of the Plank, in the Direction of the Planes of the Timbers. With the Proportions for Masts, Yards, Caps, &c. By Mungo Murray.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bouguer, M. (Pierre), 1698-1758.

Standardized Title:

Traité du navire. English. Abridgments

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Navigation--Early works to 1800.

Navigation.

Shipbuilding--Early works to 1800.

Shipbuilding.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([4],iii,[1],117,[3]p.,plates )

Other Title:

Supplement to the treatise on ship-building.

Place of Publication:

London : printed for A. Millar, in the Strand, MDCCLXV. [1765]

Notes:

In: 'A treatise on ship-building and navigation. .. By Mungo Murray', 2nd ed., London, 1765.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T149915.

OCLC:

642456136