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
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PDF Vol. I.
PDF [1]Front cover
PDF [7]Title page
PDF [11]To the right honourable Earl Spencer, first lord commissioner of the admiralty.
PDF [15]Preface.
PDF [108]A list of the plates contained in the first volume.
PDF [109]Advertisement.
PDF [113]Introductory chapter. On the origin of marine architecture.
PDF 7 [119]Chapter the second. The science of shipbuilding and navigation probably known at a very early period to the Chinese [...].
PDF 12 [124]Chapter 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 19 [133]Chapter the fourth. Of commerce, and its tendency to promote marine architecture.
PDF 26 [140]Chapter the fifth. The advancement of the art, and its application to the purposes of war.
PDF 38 [152]Chapter the sixth. The different species of timer used by the ancients for the purpose of shipbuilding [...].
PDF 81 [207]Chapter the seventh. Description of the vessels employed by the Grecians for the purpose of transporting their army, preparatory to the siege of Troy [...].
PDF 113 [249]Chapter the eighth. The construction and proportions adopted by the ancients in building the naves onerariae, or commercial vessels [...].
PDF 139 [279]Chapter the ninth. Cursory remark on the rapid improvement of marine architecture among many of the ancient nations [...].
PDF 168 [308]Chapter the tenth. The conduct of Genseric - fleet fitted out by Valentinian to oppose him [...].
PDF 187 [327]Chapter the eleventh. Remarks on the account of the expedition sent under the command of Belisarius for the reduction of Africa [...].
PDF 211 [351]Chapter the twelfth. Principal causes of the want of scientific information in respect to the marine architecture of the ancients [...].
PDF 239 [379]Chapter the thirtheenth. Causes of the decline and contracted pursuit of naval war as well as commerce [...].
PDF 254 [394]Chapter 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 275 [415]Chapter the fifteenth. The sudden appearance of the Normans as a naval power - their influence and consequence in the Mediterranean [...].
PDF 309 [449]Chapter the sixteenth. Insignificant state of the Genoese previous to the tenth century - rapid advancement of their consequence after that time [...].
PDF 345 [485]Chapter the seventeenth. Rapid decline of the Eastern Empire - the causes which immediately produced that of its maritime power [...].
PDF [515]Back cover
PDF Vol. II.
PDF [517]Front cover
PDF [523]Title page
PDF [527]A list of the plates contained in the second volume.
PDF [529]Chapter the first. State of the Venetian and Genoese marine in the middle of the fifteenth century - the extensive commerce of those states [...].
PDF 25 [561]Chapter the second. Account of the British navy - its state at the commencement of the reign of King Henry the Seventh [...].
PDF 54 [592]Chapter the third. State of the British navy during the reigns of King Edward the Sixth and Queen Mary - its force at the accession of Queen Elizabeth [...].
PDF 72 [612]Chapter the fourth. The internal or civil regulation adopted by foreign states in the management of their marine [...].
PDF 81 [621]Chapter the fifth. Account of the civil economy, or internal management of the royal navy, during the reigns of Henry the Seventh and Eighth [...].
PDF 114 [654]Chapter the sixth. Comparative statement of the number of ships built for the public service [...].
PDF 157 [697]Chapter the seventh. Account of the condition of the Venetian, Genoese, Spanish, French and Dutch marine, from the commencement, to the middle of the seventeenth century [...].
PDF 183 [727]Chapter the eighth. State of the British navy at the accession of King James the First [...].
PDF 211 [756]Chapter the ninth. Report of the commissioners appointed to enquire into the state of the navy, containing a list thereof, and its condition [...].
PDF 245 [790]Chapter the tenth. Continuation of the report - proposal from the commissioners in regard to a new arrangement as to the ships built for the royal navy [...].
PDF 271 [816]Chapter the eleventh. Account of the squadrons fitted out against the Algerines in 1618 and 1620 [...].
PDF 302 [850]Chapter the twelfth. State of the Venetian and Genoese marine, from the middle to the conclusion of the seventeenth century [...].
PDF 325 [873]Chapter the thirteenth. The maritime power of the united provinces - effects produced by the death of King Charles, and the usurpation of Cromwell [...].
PDF 356 [904]Chapter the fourteenth. State of the Russian marine at the middle of the seventeenth century - the rebellion of Stenco-Razi [...].
PDF 376 [924]Chapter the fifteenth. Politicial situation of Great Britain after the death of King Charles the First [...].
PDF 393 [941]Chapter the sixteenth. Flourishing state of the British navy at the time of the restoration [...].
PDF 441 [989]Chapter seventeenth. Active measuers taken by King William to augment the British navy - the battle of Bantry Bay [...].
PDF [1078]Back cover
PDF Vol. III.
PDF [1080]Front cover
PDF [1086]Title page
PDF [1088]A list of plates contained in the third volume.
PDF [1090]Chapter the first. Political account of the different navies of Europe, from the commencement of the eighteenth century to the death of Queen Anne [...].
PDF 29 [1114]Chapter the second. Account of the improvements made in the marine architecture among the different European powers during the first fourteen years of the eighteens century.
PDF 39 [1124]Chapter the third. Condition of the British navy at the commencement of the eighteenth century.
PDF 87 [1172]Chapter the fourth. Conditions of the different navies of Europe from the accession of King George the First in 1714, to the commencement of the war between Great Britain and Spain, 1739 [...].
PDF 100 [1185]Chapter the fifth. State of the British marine at the conclusion of the Treaty of Utrecht [...].
PDF 109 [1194]Chapter the sixth. The effects produced by war on the Spanish marine - the trivial injury which it sustained notwithstanding the successes of Great Britain [...]
PDF 121 [1222]Chapter the seventh. The state of the Britsh navy at the commencement of hostilities in 1739 [...].
PDF 136 [1237]Chapter the eighth. Alterations in the principles of constructions which took place in the British navysoon after the commencement of hostilities with France in 1744.
PDF 174 [1278]Chapter the ninth. Account of the avidity with which all the different nations of Europe began to enter into maritime pursuits in the middle of the eighteenth century.
PDF 210 [1326]Chapter the tenth. Comparative view of the conduct and condition of the different naval powers in Europe.
PDF 245 [1363]Chapter the eleventh. Names, principal dimensions, and tonnage, as well of the ships and vessels purposely built for the Royal Navy, from the year 1700 to the end of the year 1800, as those which, though not so built, have, at different periods, been received into it, [...].
PDF 285 [1403]Chapter the twelfth. General state of the marine belonging to the different African powers, whether republics or kingdoms.
PDF 337 [1479]Chapter the thirteenth. Enquiry into the general principles of marine architecture - the properties and requisites of vessels [...].
PDF 371 [1527]Chapter the fourteenth. Observations on the different formation of the forebody, or bow [...].
PDF 383 [1541]Chapter the fifteenth. Remarks on the obscurity of the terms in which the generality of the treatises on the subject of marine architecture have been written [...].
PDF 403 [1569]Chapter the sixteenth. Causes of the imperfections which have frequently pervaded the different series of experiments made in marine architecture [...].
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