Outline of Ship Building in Four Parts : Part I. methods of constructing the body, and instructions for making calculations, with examples; also investigations and developments of principles. Part II. on the actual building of ship, including the method of forming and combining the parts which compose the structure; illustrated with folio plates. Part III. on the principal materials used in ship-building - timber, iron, and copper. Part IV. a vocabulary of terms, with the corresponding terms in foreign languages.