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An elaborate cross-section of Noah's ark, detailing the storing of provisions and livestock; scenes of loading and construction. Line engraving.

Ship-building: six kinds of ship (top), the hull of a ship of the line (centre and below). Engraving, 1806.

Ship-building: various types of ship, and timbers of a hull. Engraving by J. Taylor.

Ship-building: detail showing various types of ship, Brig, Billander, Dogger, Galley, Galliot, Schooner, Sloop, Xebec. Engraving by J. Taylor.

Men build the ark while revellers play; God supervises. Engraving.

Greenwich, with London in the distance. Engraving by J. Tomlinson, 1809, after E. Pugh, 1804.

Royal Naval Hospital Greenwich, on the left, viewed from afar with many ships in the foreground, on the right the Royal Dockyard on the Isle of Dogs. Engraving.

An account of a proposed mode of combining timber by dovetail treenails, with some hints for its application to naval and other architecture. By James Black.

A collection of papers on naval architecture; originally communicated through the channel of the wrapper of the European Magazine; in which publication, the further communications on this subject will be continued. Vol. II. In three parts.

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Royal Naval Hospital Greenwich, on the left, viewed from afar with many ships in the foreground, on the right the Royal Dockyard on the Isle of Dogs. Engraving.

An account of a proposed mode of combining timber by dovetail treenails, with some hints for its application to naval and other architecture. By James Black.

Ship-building: six kinds of ship (top), the hull of a ship of the line (centre and below). Engraving, 1806.

A collection of papers on naval architecture; originally communicated through the channel of the wrapper of the European Magazine; in which publication, the further communications on this subject will be continued. Vol. II. In three parts.

Ship-building: various types of ship, and timbers of a hull. Engraving by J. Taylor.