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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 623.81
EAN: 9780486451558
ISBN: 0486451550
Label: Dover Publications
Manufacturer: Dover Publications
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 160
Publication Date: November 17, 2006
Publisher: Dover Publications
Studio: Dover Publications
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First published in 1768, this remarkable collection of sophisticated line drawings offers a fascinating treatise for model builders, naval historians, and maritime enthusiasts. Documenting merchant and naval ships from various countries, it features 70 illustrations that chart vessel dimensions, crew size, storage capabilities, and manner of rigging.
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This is a well written book containing a great deal of technical information on hull design for ships of the eighteenth century. When I have more time, it may be fun to work through the variety of mathmatical formulas given in the book.
On the immediate gratification side, the book did contain many line drawings of different styles and sizes of ships of that era. With some research, you may be able to use these drawings to develope some model ship plans for yourself.
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Some continue to insist that eighteenth century shipwrights were limited to carving ship half models to help visualize the shape of a ship. Patterns would then be taken off the small model to be used for the full sized ship. It is often claimed that the modern use of lines plans and calculations would not arrive until the nineteenth century. Well maybe not.
One glance at Fredrik Henrik Af Chapman's Architectura Navalis Mercatoria of 1768 immediately dispels the notion that eighteenth ... Read More
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If you thought that 18th-Century ships were designed on the fly by artisans who did it the way their fathers did
it, read this book. The first 125 pages contain line drawings of dozens of ships and boats with many details of
decks, bracing, etc. The rest (about 25 pages) gives details of experiments relating to profile drag, stability and
other matters, plus dimensions, load-carrying requirements and abilities, armament, supplies to be carried, etc,
etc, etc. A marvelous resource ... Read More
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This is a modern reprint of a celebrated classic. Frederik Henrik Chapman was the first analytical ship designer, in that he took a skill that was previously the domain of master shipwrights and formalised it in a rational scientific way that formed the basis of all Naval Architecture ever since.
While the text may be a bit heavy going for anyone but the dedicated enthusiast, the book is overwhelmingly worth it for the wonderful illustrations that make up 75% of the book: the lines plans and ... Read More
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I didn't realize that this is just a collection of ships schematics. There are no detail drawings. There is no other information in this book. The preview of this book shows the only page with an actual drawing of a ship. Unless you have a fascination for waterline drawings of ships find another book.
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