ETH-Bibliothek / An history of marine architecture [Contenuto]

An history of marine architecture : including an enlarged and progressive view of the nautical regulations and naval history, both civil and military of all nations, especially of Great Britain [...]. London : printed for R. Faulder [etc.], 1800-1802

Contenuto

PDF Vol. I.

PDF Piatto anteriore
PDF Frontespizio
PDF To the right honourable Earl Spencer, first lord commissioner of the admiralty.
PDF Preface.
PDF A list of the plates contained in the first volume.
PDF Advertisement.
PDF Introductory chapter. On the origin of marine architecture.
PDF 7Chapter the second. The science of shipbuilding and navigation probably known at a very early period to the Chinese [...].
PDF 12Chapter the third. Of the different vessels intended for commercial, and other purposes not warlike, in use among the ancients - their form, their names, and the materials of which they were built.
PDF 19Chapter the fourth. Of commerce, and its tendency to promote marine architecture.
PDF 26Chapter the fifth. The advancement of the art, and its application to the purposes of war.
PDF 38Chapter the sixth. The different species of timer used by the ancients for the purpose of shipbuilding [...].
PDF 81Chapter the seventh. Description of the vessels employed by the Grecians for the purpose of transporting their army, preparatory to the siege of Troy [...].
PDF 113Chapter the eighth. The construction and proportions adopted by the ancients in building the naves onerariae, or commercial vessels [...].
PDF 139Chapter the ninth. Cursory remark on the rapid improvement of marine architecture among many of the ancient nations [...].
PDF 168Chapter the tenth. The conduct of Genseric - fleet fitted out by Valentinian to oppose him [...].
PDF 187Chapter the eleventh. Remarks on the account of the expedition sent under the command of Belisarius for the reduction of Africa [...].
PDF 211Chapter the twelfth. Principal causes of the want of scientific information in respect to the marine architecture of the ancients [...].
PDF 239Chapter the thirtheenth. Causes of the decline and contracted pursuit of naval war as well as commerce [...].
PDF 254Chapter the fourteenth. Description of the gallies or vessels built for the service of the emperor of the east during the ninth and tenth centuries [...].
PDF 275Chapter the fifteenth. The sudden appearance of the Normans as a naval power - their influence and consequence in the Mediterranean [...].
PDF 309Chapter the sixteenth. Insignificant state of the Genoese previous to the tenth century - rapid advancement of their consequence after that time [...].
PDF 345Chapter the seventeenth. Rapid decline of the Eastern Empire - the causes which immediately produced that of its maritime power [...].
PDF Piatto posteriore

PDF Vol. II.

PDF Vol. III.