The Elements and Practice of Rigging, Seamanship, and Naval Tactics: Volume 1 - Brossura

Steel, David

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1108026516 ISBN 13: 9781108026512

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2011

Riassunto

The first English manual of best naval practice for aspiring young officers, first published in 1794.

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Descrizione del libro

David Steel was a highly respected naval publisher at the turn of the nineteenth century. This influential work, first published in 1794, was the first English manual of best naval practice and provides valuable information about British naval techniques during the Napoleonic wars. Volume 1 describes the making of masts.

Contenuti

1. Explanation of terms and description of tools used in mast-making; General description of masts, &c.; 2. Method of converting and lining trees for made-masts, masts of single trees, bowsprits, yards, &c.; 3. Putting together and completing masts, bowsprits, yards, &c.; 4. Methods of fixing masts; 5. Proportions for the lengths and diameters of masts, yards, &c.; 6. General description of block-making; 7. Description of the tools, and explanation of the terms, &c. used in block-making; 8. The practice of block-making; 9. Oar-making.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1108026516
• ISBN 13: 9781108026512
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 202
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: Avery; https://www.avery.fr/; ; chemin des peupliers 27; Dardilly; Francia