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A description of ventilators: whereby great quantities of fresh air may with ease be conveyed into mines, goals, hospitals, Work-Houses and Ships, In Exchange for their Noxious Air. An Account also of their Great Usefulness in many other Respects: As in Preserving all Sorts of Grain Dry, Sweet, and free from being Destroyed by Weevels, both in Grainaries and Ships: And in Preserving many other Sorts of Goods. As also in drying Corn, Malt, Hops, Gun-Powder, &c. and for many other useful Purposes. Which was read before the Royal Society in May 1741. By Stephen Hales D. D. F. R. S. Rector of Faringdon, Hampshire; And Minister of Teddington, Middlesex.
Hales, Stephen, 1677-1761.Date: M.DCC.XLIII. [1743]- Books
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A voyage round the world, in the years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV. By George Anson, Esq. (late lord anson) Commander in Chief of Squadron of his Majesty's Ships sent upon an Expedition to the South Seas. Compiled from his papers and materials, by Richard Walter, M. A. Chaplain of the Ship the Centurion, in that Expedition. ...
Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762.Date: 1796- Books
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Medical discipline; or, rules and regulations for the more effectual preservation of health on board the honourable East India Company's Ships. In a letter addressed to the hon. The Court of Directors, and published with their approbation. By Alexander Stewart, Surgeon in Southwark, and formerly of the Earl Talbot and General Goddard East Indiamen.
Stewart, Alexander, Surgeon in Southwark.Date: 1798- Books
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Travels into several remote nations of the world. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of several Ships. In four parts. Part I. A Voyage to Lilliput. Part II. A Voyage to Brobdingnag. Part III. A Voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Luggnagg, Glubbdubdrib, and Japan. Part IV. A Voyage to the Country of the Houyhnhnms.
Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745.Date: MDCCLXVI. [1766]- Books
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A treatise on practical seamanship; with hints and remarks relating thereto: Designed to contribute something towards fixing rules upon Philosophical and Rational principles; to Make Ships, and the management of them; and also navigation, in general, more perfect, and Consequently less dangerous and destructive to health, lives, and property. By William Hutchinson, mariner, and dock master, at Liverpool
Hutchinson, William, 1715-1801.Date: 1777- Books
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The whole trial and defence of Richard Parker, president of the delegates, for Mutiny, &c. On board the Sandwich, and others of His Majesty's Ships, at the Nore, In May, 1797. Before a Court Martial, held on board the Neptune, of 98 Guns, Laying off Greenhithe, near Gravesend, On Thursday, 22d of June, 1797, and following Days.
Parker, Richard, 1764?-1797.Date: [1797]- Books
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Steel's original and correct list of the Royal Navy, hired armed-vessels, gun-boats, revenue and excise cutters, packets, and India ships, with their commanders and stations. To which are added the following lists, &c. Navy-Agents Page 2 Master-Builders at the King's Yards 2 Navy-List, with the Pursers 3 to 16 Statement of the British Nav. Force 17 Terms of purchasing British Vessels taken by the Enemy 17 Advertisements - 17 Admirals 16 Admirals Pay, Pensions, Superannuation, and Secretaries - 19 Greenwich-Hospital 19 Governors & Lieutenants to Royal-Hospitals - 19 Bost-Captains - 20 Captains Pay, Half-Pay, Superannuation, and Pensions - Page 21 Commanders - 22 Lieutenants 23 Lieutenants Pay, Half-Pay, Superannuation, and Pensions - 29 Matters 29 Masters Pay, Half-Pay, and Superannuation 30 Physicians and Surgeons 31 Surgeons Pay, Half-Pay, & Bounty 32 Widows Pensions in general - 33 Agent Victuallers - 33 Packets 33 Marine Forces - 34 Signal Towers - 36 French Ships taken 37 British Ships taken - 42 Dutch and Spanish Ships taken Page 41 Impress-Service - 43 Revenue and Hired Cutters - 44 India Ships - 46 Monthly Calendar of Head and Prize Money - 47 Command, who have lost their Lives 48 Lords of the Admiralty 49 Admiralty Judges - 49 Navy Pay-Office - 49 Commissioners of Navy, Transport, Victualling, Sick and Hurt, and Greenwich-Hospital 49 Agents for Transports 49 Elders of the Trinity 49 Distrib. of Prize-Money & Gratuities 50 Corrected to February, 1797, And to be continued monthly, during War, and quarterly, during Peace, price sixpence.
Great Britain. Royal Navy.Date: [1797]- Books
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Minutes of the proceedings at the trial of Vice-Admiral Griffin. At a court-martial, held on Board his Majesty's Ship Somerset at Chatham, on Monday, December 3, 1750; for an enquiry into his conduct, while he commanded his Majesty's Ships in the East-Indies, in the year 1748. Taken in short-hand, by Mr. Tho. Cook, Attorney at Law.
Griffin, Thomas, -1771.Date: Printed in the Year MDCCLI. [1751]- Books
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A voyage round the world, in the years M,DCC,XL, I, II, III, IV. By George Anson, Esq; Late Lord Anson, Commander in chief of a Squadron of his majesty's Ships, sent upon an Expedition to the South Seas. Compiled from his papers and materials, by Richard Walter, M. A. Chaplain of the Ship the Centurion, in that Expedition. ...
Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762.Date: M.DCC.LXXVI. [1776]- Books
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A voyage round the world, in the years M,DCC,XL, I, II, III, IV. By George Anson, Esq; Late Lord Anson, Commander in Chief of a Squadron of his Majesty's Ships, sent upon an Expedition to the South Seas: Compiled from his papers and materials. By Richard Walter, M. A. Chaplain of the Ship the Centurion, in that Expedition. ...
Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762.Date: 1777- Books
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A voyage round the world, in the years M,DCC,XL,I,II,III,IV. By George Anson, Esq; Now Lord Anson, Commander in Chief of a Squadron of his Majesty's Ships, sent upon an expedition to the South Seas. Compiled from his papers and materials, by Richard Walter, M. A. Chaplain of the Ship the Centurion in that Expedition. ...
Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762.Date: M.DCC.LXXXI. [1781]- Books
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A voyage round the world, in the years M,DCC,XL,I, II, III, IV, by George Anson, Esq; now Lord Anson, Commander in Chief of a Squadron of his Majesty's Ships, sent upon an Expedition to the South Seas. Compiled from his papers and materials, by Richard Walter, M. A. Chaplain of the Ship the Centurion in that Expedition. ...
Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762.Date: M,DCC,XC. [1790]- Books
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A voyage round the world, in the years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV, by George Anson, Esq; afterwards Lord Anson, Commander in Chief of a Squadron of His Majesty's Ships, sent upon an Expedition to the South-Seas. Compiled, from his papers and materials, by Richard Walter, M. A. Chaplain of His Majesty's Ship the Centurion, in that Expedition. Illustrated with forty-two copper-plates.
Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762.Date: MDCCLXXVI. [1776]- Books
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A voyage round the world, in the years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV, by George Anson, Esq; afterwards Lord Anson, Commander in Chief of a Squadron of His Majesty's Ships, sent upon an Expedition to the South-Seas. Compiled, from his papers and materials, by Richard Walter, M. A. Chaplain of His Majesty's Ship the Centurion, in that Expedition. Illustrated with forty-two copper-plates.
Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762.Date: MDCCLXXVI. [1776]- Books
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The profit and loss of Great-Britain and Spain, from the Commencement of the Present war, to this Time, impartially stated; By laying before the Publick, as Perfect and Regular a list, as can be had, of all the ships Taken from either Nation, since the Beginning of the war, to this Time; with proper Remarks upon the list of British Ships, in a Pamphlet, intitled, Hireling Artifice Detected. In a letter to the Author.
Philalethes.Date: MDCCXLII. [1742]- Books
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A view of the naval force of Great-Britain: In which its present State, Growth, and Conversion, of Timber; Constructions of Ships, Docks, and Ha$$bours; Regulations of Officers and Men in each Department; are considered and compared with other European Powers. To which are added observations and hints for the improvement of the naval service. By an officer of rank.
Warren, John Borlase, Sir, 1753-1822.Date: 1791- Books
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The ship-Builder's assistant; or, marine architecture. Containing I. The Method of Extracting the Square and Cube Roots, Geometry and Mensuration: Wherein all the rules necessary for measuring Plank, Timber, and finding the Tunnage of ships, are laid down in a very plain and conspicuous Manner; and illustrated by proper Examples. II. Observations on the Nature and Value of Timber; with a New Method of procuring it in the necessary Forms for Ship-Building. III. The Method of Drawing the Plans of Ships, and moulding their Timbers; together with all the practical rules necessary to be observed in Building the Hulls of all Sorts of Ships. To which is added, the Scantling or Mensuration of Ships Timbers. IV. Directions for making the Masts and Yards of a just Proportion to the Ship, and also to one another, both with regard to Length and Thickness. With Tables of the Weights and Sizes of Anchors and Cables, according to the New Establishment. V. The Boatswains art: Shewing the Method of finding exactly the Length and Thickness of every rope; Also Cable and Cordage tables, shewing by Inspection the Weight of any rope, whose Length and Thickness are given. With some Directions for Cutting out sails. The Whole illustrated with a great Variety of figures and draughts, Engraven on Copper-Plates. By William Sutherland, Shipwright and Mariner.
Sutherland, William, active 1878.Date: 1755- Books
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The ship-Builder's assistant; or, marine architecture. Containing I. The method of extracting the square and cube roots, geometry and mensuration: Wherein all the Rules necessary for measuring Plank, Timber, and finding the Tunnage of Ships, are laid down in a very plain and conspicuous Manner; and illustrated by proper Examples. II. Observations on the nature and value of timber; with a New Method of procuring it in the necessary Forms for Ship-Building. III. The method of drawing the plans of ships, and moulding their Timbers; together with all the practical Rules necessary to be observed in Building the Hulls of all Sorts of Ships. To which is added the Scantling or Mensuration of Ships Timbers. IV. Direction for making the masts and yards of a just proportion to the ship, and also to one another, both with regard to Length and Thickness. With Tables of the Weights and Sizes of Anchors and Cables, according to the New Establishment. V. The boatswains art: Shewing the Method of finding exactly the Length and Thickness of every Rope; Also Cable and Cordage Tables, shewing by Inspection the Weight of any Rope, whose Length and Thickness are given. With some Directions for Cutting out Sails. The Whole illustrated with Figures and Draughts, Engraven on Copper Plates. By William Sutherland, Shipwright and Mariner.
Sutherland, William, active 1878.Date: 1766- Books
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The seaman's medical advocate: or, an attempt to show that five thousand seamen are, annually, during war, lost to the British nation, in the West-India Merchants' Service, and on-board Ships of War on the West-India Station, through the yellow fever, And other Diseases and Means, from Causes which, it is conceived, are chiefly to be obviated, and unconnected with the Misfortunes of War or Dangers of the Seas. Illustrated by cases and facts. Most respectfully submitted to the Consideration of The British Senate; The Right Honorable the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty; The Admirals of Fleets, and the Commanders of Ships of War, on the West-India Station; The West-India Merchants; And the Commanders of West-India Merchantmen. By Elliot Arthy, surgeon, In the African and West-India Merchants' Service.
Arthy, Elliot, 1765-Date: 1798- Books
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A voyage round the world, in the years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV. by George Anson, Esq; now Lord Anson, Commander in Chief of a Squadron of His Majesty's Ships, sent upon an Expedition to the South-Seas. Compiled from his papers and materials, by Richard Walter, M. A. Chaplain of his Majesty's Ship the Centurion, in that Expedition. Illustrated with forty-two copper-plates.
Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762.Date: MDCCXLIX. [1749]- Books
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The whole trial and defence of Richard Parker, Price Six-Pence. President of the delegates, for Mutiny, &c. On board the Sandwich, and others of His Majesty's Ships, at the Nore, In May, 1797. Before a Court Martial, held on board the Neptune, of 98 Guns, Laying off Greenhithe, near Gravesend, On Thursday, 22d of June, 1797, and following Days. Taken in short-hand.
Parker, Richard, 1764?-1797.Date: [1797]- Books
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Travels into several remote nations of the world. in Four Parts, viz. Part I. A Voyage to Lilliput. Part II. A Voyage to Brobdingnag. Part III. A Voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Luggnagg, Glubdubdrib and Japan. Part. IV. A Voyage to the Country of the Houyhnhnms. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of several Ships. With Cuts and Maps of the Author's Travels.
Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745.Date: MDCCXXVII. [1727]- Books
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An enquiry into the legality and expediency of increasing the Royal Navy by subscriptions for building County Ships. Being the correspondence on that subject between Arthur Young & Capel Lofft, Esqrs. with a list of the subscribers to the Suffolk man of War. to which are added, Observations on the State of the Taxes and Resources of the Kingdom on the Conclusion of the Peace.
Young, Arthur, 1741-1820.Date: [1783]- Books
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An essay towards illustrating the science of insurance. Wherein it is attempted To fix, by precise Calculation, several important Maxims upon this Subject; To solve various Problems, and Cases of Contest; And particularly To balance, whether it be nationally advantageous to insure the Ships of our Foreign Enemies. Addressed to the Right Hon. Henry Pelham, Esq; By the Author of A Letter from a Bystander.
Morris, Corbyn, 1710-1779.Date: Printed in the Year MDCCXLVII. [1747]- Books
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(inscribed to the British land and sea officers.) The British Mars. Containing several schemes and inventions, to be practised by land or sea against the enemies of Great-Britain. Shewing more plainly, the great advantage Britain has over other nations, by being masters at sea. In Two Parts. Part I. contains. The Construction of Boats both to stow in less room in Ships, and goswiftly, to discover an Enemy's Coast, and to land and embark Troops with greater Safety; also to construct Vessels to lye nearer the Shore, to better protect the Troops in landing or embarking; also rolling Defences to be used as floating Batteries, or as Floats for landing Cannon, &c. and for making Defences and Batteries on Shore more expeditiously, and for filling up Ditchee, &c. Also contains a Method to fit old Ships of War and small floating Batteries, to batter land Defences with greater Force; and another Method to fit old Ships of War (that cannot be sunk by Shot) to lye before Batteries and receive the Shot, while other Ships pass by; with Remarks and Observations. Part II. contains Methods to fortify dwelling Houses, that even Women and Children may defend themselves from Indians with small Arms, designed for our Settlements in America, and other Places. Also a new Method of Fortification, and making Batteries. To which is added, an appendix, Containing a Scheme for Manning the British Navy, with less Grievance to the Subject; And a Scheme to employ Seamen: Of a Copper Mine near Hudson's Bay: And of discovering the North-West Passage, or determine there is no such Passage; with Cautions and Directions. By Joseph Robson, engineer. The whole illustrated by eleven plates.
Robson, Joseph.Date: MDCCLXIII. [1763]