Elements and Practice of Naval Architecture : or a treatise on ship-building, theoretical and practical, on the best principles established in Great Britain, with copious tables of dimensions, scantlings, &c. Illustrated with a series of thirty-nine large draughts, and numerous smaller engravings. With an Appendix, containing the principles and practice of constructing the Royal and Mercantile Navies. As invented and introduced by Sir Robert Seppings, Surveyor of His Majesty's Navy.
TitleThe Elements and Practice of Naval Architecture : or a treatise on ship-building, theoretical and practical, on the best principles established in Great Britain, with copious tables of dimensions, scantlings, &c. Illustrated with a series of thirty-nine large draughts, and numerous smaller engravings. With an Appendix, containing the principles and practice of constructing the Royal and Mercantile Navies. As invented and introduced by Sir Robert Seppings, Surveyor of His Majesty's Navy.
Edition3rd edition.
Place of publicationLondon
PublisherW. Simpkin and R. Marshall
Year of publication1822
Period19th century
Paginationxvi, 438 p., lxxv, 62 p., plates A-P.
Illustrationsillus., plates (some fold.)
Dimensions23 x 28 cm
Materialbook
Class numberVM145 .K 1822
NotesFront cover detached, handle with care