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The seaman's vade-mecum, and defensive war by sea: containing, the proportions of rigging, masts and yards, ... Also shewing how to prepare a merchant-ship for a close fight, ... An essay on naval book-keeping; ... By William Mountaine, ...
Mountaine, William, -1779.Date: 1761- Books
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The seaman's vade-mecum, and defensive war by sea: containing the proportions of rigging, masts, and yards, ... Also shewing how to prepare a merchant-ship for a close fight, ... An essay on naval book-keeping; ... By William Mountaine, ...
Mountaine, William, -1779.Date: 1767- Books
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The art of making masts, yards, gaffs, booms, blocks, and oars, as practised in the Royal Navy, and according to the most approved methods in the merchant-service. Including a description of an improved rule for mast-makers: also a new method by which large yards may be made from small trees, and repaired when sprung in the slings, &c. Illustrated with large engravings and numerous figures.
Steel, David.Date: M.DCC.XCVII. [1797]- Books
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An universal dictionary of the marine: or, A copious explanation of the technical terms and phrases employed in the construction, equipment, furniture, machinery, movements, and military operations of a ship. Illustrated with variety of original designs of shipping, in different situations; together with separate views of their masts, sails, yards, and rigging. To which is annexed, a translation of the French sea-terms and phrases, collected from the works of Mess. Du Hamel, Aubin, Saverien, &c. By William Falconer, author of the Shipwreck.
Falconer, William, 1732-1769.Date: M.DCC.LXXXIX. [1789]- Books
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An universal dictionary of the marine: or, a copious explanation of the technical terms and phrases employed in the construction Equipment, Furniture, Machinery, Movements, and Military Operations of a ship. Illustrated with variety of original designs of shipping, in different Situations: Together with separate Views of their Masts, Sails, Yards, and Rigging. To which is annexed, a translation of the French sea-terms and phrases, collected from the works of Mess. Du Hamel, Aubin, Saverien, &c. By William Falconer, Author of the Shipwreck.
Falconer, William, 1732-1769.Date: MDCCLXIX. [1769]- Books
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An universal dictionary of the marine: or, a copious explanation of the technical terms and phrases employed in the construction Equipment, Furniture, Machinery, Movements, and Military Operations of a ship. Illustrated with variety of original designs of shipping in different Situations; Together with separate Views of their Masts, Sails, Yards, and Rigging. To which is annexed, a translation of the French sea-terms and phrases collected from the works of Mess. Du Hamel, Aubin, Saverien, &c. By William Falconer, Author of the Shipwreck.
Falconer, William, 1732-1769.Date: M.DCC.LXXXIV. [1784]- Books
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An universal dictionary of the marine: or, A copious explanation of the technical terms and phrases employed in the construction, equipment, furniture, machinery, movements, and military operations of a ship. Illustrated with variety of original designs of shipping, in different situations; together with separate views of their masts, sails, yards, and rigging. To which is annexed, a translation of the French sea-terms and phrases, collected from the works of Mess. Du Hamel, Aubin, Saverien, &c. By William Falconer, author of the Shipwreck.
Falconer, William, 1732-1769.Date: MDCCLXXX. [1780]- Books
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An universal dictionary of the marine: or, a copious explanation of the technical terms and phrases employed in the construction, equipment, furniture, machinery, movements, and military operations of a ship. Illustrated with variety of original designs of shipping, in different Situations; Together with separate Views of their Masts, Sails, Yards, and Rigging. To which is annexed, a translation of the French sea-terms and phrases, collected from the works of Mess. Du Hamel, Aubin, Saverien, &c. By William Falconer, author of the shipwreck.
Falconer, William, 1732-1769.Date: MDCCLXXVI. [1776]- Books
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The elements and practice of rigging and seamanship. Illustrated with engravings. In two volumes. ...
Steel, David.Date: 1794- Books
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The art of rigging: containing an alphabetical explanation of the terms, Directions For The Most Minute Operations, and the method of progressive rigging: With Full And Correct Tables Of The Dimensions And Quantities Of Every Part Of The Rigging Of All Ships And Vessels. Particularly Useful To Boatswains. Illustrated with numerous engravings.
Steel, David.Date: M.DCC.XCVI. [1796]- Books
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The seaman's vade-mecum, and defensive war by sea: containing, the proportions of rigging, masts and yards, Weight of Anchors, Sizes and Weight of Cables and Cordage. The Exercise of the Small Arms, Bayonet, Granades and Great-Guns, Duty of Officers, &c. Also, shewing how to prepare a merchant-ship for a close fight, by disposing their Bulk-Heads, Leaves, Comings, Look-Holes, &c. Chasing; the Advantages to be taken by the Chase considered under all Positions in Respect to Wind and Tide. Defensive-Fighting; shewing how Merchant-Ships are to act, whether single or in Fleets, when Cannonaded or Boarded by the Enemy. An Epitome of the Art of Gunnery. Naval Fortification; The Advantages of Mooring considered, in respect to Wind and Tide: How to lay Booms in straight or crooked Rivers, with many other Particulars relating to the Navy and Merchant Service. By William Mountaine, Teacher of the Mathematics.
Mountaine, William, -1779.Date: 1744- Books
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The seaman's Vade-Mecum, and defensive war by sea: Containing the proportions of rigging, masts and yards, weight of anchors, sizes and weight of cables and cordage, list of the navy. The exercise of the small arms, bayonet, granadoes and great-guns, duty of officers, &c. Also shewing how to prepare a merchant-ship for a close fight, by disposing their bulk-heads, leaves, coamings, lookholes, &c. Chasing; the advantages to be taken by the chase considered, under all positions in respect to wind and tide. Defensive-fighting; shewing how merchant ships are to act, whether single or in fleets, when canonaded or boarded by the enemy. Naval fortification; the advantages of mooring considered, in respect to wind and tide; and how to lay booms in streight or crooked rivers, &c. an essay on naval book-keeping; as well in respect to the purser, as to the Captain's clerk and steward. The method of forming signals for the regulation of merchant-ships failing in company, under the direction of a Commodore in time of war; with many other particulars, relating to the navy and merchant service. By William Mountaine, teacher of the mathematics, and F.R.S.
Mountaine, William, -1779.Date: 1756- Books
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Mémoire sur les travaux qui ont rapport a l'exploitation de la mâture dans les Pyrennées. Avec une description des manouvres & des machines employées pour parvenir à extraire les mâts des forêts & les rendre à l'entrepôt de Bayonne, d'où ensuite ils sont distribués dans les différens Arsenaux de la Marine. Par M. Leroy, Ingénieur des Ports & Arsenaux de la Marine
Le Roy, J. J. Sebastien, 1747-1825.Date: M.DCC.LXXVI. [1776]- Books
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The seaman's vade-mecum and defensive war by sea: containing a maritime dictionary; the proportions of rigging, masts and yards; Weight of Anchors; Sizes and Weight of Cables and Cordage; List of the Navy. The Words of Command in exercising the small Arms, Bayonet, Granadoes, and great Guns, Duty of Officers, &c. Also shewing how to prepare a merchant-ship for a close fight, through the Bulk-Heads, Coamings, Loop-Holes, &c. with the Advantages to be taking in Chacing, considered, under all Positions in respect to Wind and Tide. Defensive Fighting; Shewing how Merchant - Ships are to act, in Fleets, when Canonaded or Boarded by the Enemy. Naval Fortification; The Advantages of Mooring considered, in respect to Wind and Tide; and how to lay Booms in Rivers, and raise Redoubts to defend them. An Essay on Naval Book - Keeping; Or a regular Method for the Purser, Clerk, Steward, and other Officers to keep an Account of Stores, &c. The Method of forming Signals for sailing in Company, under a Commodore in Time of War; with many other Particulars relating to the Navy, East-India, and Merchant Service. By William Mountaine, Mathematical Examiner to the Honourable Corporation of Trinity-House of Deptlord-Strond, and F.R.S. With additions by John Adams, Teacher of the Mathematics.
Mountaine, William, -1779.Date: 1783- Books
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The accomplish'd ship-wright and mariner. Containing, the principels of geometry, measuring of board and timber: with the moulds and way of shaping the body of any ship; and how they burthen, by geometrical demonstation, and arithmetical proof. Also how to equip and navigate them. With a table of squares and cubes; ... Also rules for finding the length of the masts-yards, rigging, &c. How to make the sails, proportion the anchors and cables: with usefull tables therein. And rules in sea gunnery. Together, with rules to find the prime, epact, and dominical-letter, ... with an account of the exact way of finding the southing, rising and setting of the moon, with the eclipse of the sun and moon; also a table of the suns declination. Also making the plain-scale, and its use in navigation; ... the table of logerithms, signs and tangents; with rules how to keep a reckoning of a ship at sea. The description and use of the fore-staff, sea-quadrant, and nocturnal, ... how to calculate an eclipse of the sun and moon; with necessary obervations on the practick part of navigation. Likewise, tables of the right ascension of the sun, semi-diurnal arch of the sun, moon and stars. A table of the amplitude of the sun from the Equator to 90 degrees; the longitude latitude, right assension, &c. of many of the most notable stars; the rising, setting, and southing of the Pleiades; the declination of the North Star, rectified to the present time; the time of the rising and setting of twenty one stars of note. An astronomical account, by the rules of the ancient and modern astronomers, to judge of the weather. By John Hardingham, of Great Yarmouth. To which is added, a correct table of the latitude and longitude of the most noteable capes, head-lands and islands in the world. By John Thornton.
Hardingham, John, of Great Yarmouth.Date: MDCCVI. [1706]- Pictures
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Boer War: The Duke of Connaught raising the Union Jack on the masthead of a hospital ship, an official Committee and line of soldiers in attendance. Gouache painting by F. Dickinson after D. Macpherson, 1899.
MacPherson, Douglas, 1871-1951.Date: 1899Reference: 23557i- Books
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The mariner's jewel: Or, A pocket companion for the ingenious. Containing decimal arithmetick; extraction of the square root; to know the burthen, and how to rig a ship; with an easie and exact method for all gunners, carpenters, and boatswains, whereby to know the expence of their stories every month, and what they have remaining; with proper directions for making of masts and yards according to proportion; with a new list of the royal navy; a general pay-table for all degrees of men; an abstract of Parliament for the encouragement of seamen, with Her Majesty's approbation thereto; a guide for pursers and stewards; the most usual terms at sea explained, with directions how to work a ship at sea; and a compendium of sea gunnery; with several other things needful to be understood by all sorts of seasaring men.
Love, James (Mathematician)Date: 1703- Books
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The mariner's jewel: or, a pocket companion for the ingenious. Containing decimal arithmetick; extraction of the square root; to know the burthen, and how to rig a ship; with an Easy and Exact Method for all Gunners, Carpenters, and Boatswanes, whereby to know the Expence of their Stores every Month, and what they have Remaining; with Proper Directions for making of Masts and Yards according to Proportion; With a new List of the Royal Navy; A General Pay-Table for all Degrees of Men; An Abstract of Parliament for the Encouragement of Seamen, with Her Majesty's Approbation hereto; A Guide for Pursers and Stewards; The most usual Terms at Sea explain'd, with Directions how to work a Ship at Sea; And a Compendium of Sea-Gunnery; With several other things needful to be understood by all Sorts of Sea-Faring Men. By James Love, Mathematician.
Love, James (Mathematician)Date: 1724- Books
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Marine architecture: or, the ship-builder's assistant: containing directions for carrying on a ship, from the first laying of the keel, to her actual going to sea. Shewing, I. The Proportions used by Experienced Ship-Wrights in Building, both Geometrically and Arithmetically performed. Also the Making, Marking, and Ordering a Bend of Moulds: With a large Table of the Square Root, and Directions concerning the Measuring of Ships. II. Directions for Masting and Yarding of any Ship, or making both in a just Proportion to the Ship, and to one another; both as to Length and Thickness. With Tables of the Weights and Sizes of Anchors and Cables, according to a new Establishment. III. The Boatswain's Art; or an Essay upon Rigging: Shewing how to Rigg a Ship, or to know the Length and Thickness of every Rope exactly; with Cable and Cordage Tables, to know, by Inspection, the Weight of any Rope, whose Length and Thickness is given, and the Construction or Making of the said Tables; with some Directions for cutting out Sails. The whole illustrated with schemes and draughts, to render it intelligible to all capacities.
Date: M.DCC.XLVIII. [1748]- Books
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The mariner's jewel: or, a pocket companion for the ingenious. Containing decimal arithmetick; extraction of the square root; To know the Eurthen, and how to Rig a Ship; With an Easie and Exact Method for all Gunners, Carpenters, and Boatswanes, whereby to know the Expence of their Stores every Month, and what they have Remaining; With Proper Directions for making of Masts and Yards according to Proportion; With a new List of the Royal Navy; A General Pay-Table for all Degrees of Men; An Abstract of Parliament for the Encouragement of Seamen, with Her Majesty's Approbation hereto; A Guide for Pursers and Stewards; The most usual Terms at Sea explain'd, with Directions how to Work a Ship at Sea; And a Compendium of Sea Gunnery; With several other things needful to be understood by all sorts of Sea-Faring Men. By James Love, Mathematician.
Love, James (Mathematician)Date: 1705- Pictures
Anglo-Egyptian War, 1882: episodes, maps of campaigns, portraits of personalities. Album of prints, 188-.
Date: [between 1880 and 1889]Reference: 37410i