A treatise on the theory and practice of seamanship: containing general rules for manœuvring vessels, with a moveable figure of a ship, So planned that the Sails, Rudder, and Hull may be made to perform the Manoeuvres according to the Rule laid down. To the above is added A Miscellaneous Chapter on the various Contrivances against Accidents, and a system of naval signals, The whole forming A useful Compendium to the Officer, to Instruct him when Young, and to Remind him when Old. the second edition, corrected and enlarged. By Richard Hall Gower, in the service of the Honourable East India Company.
- Gower, R. H. (Richard Hall), 1767-1833.
- Date:
- 1796
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Publication/Creation
London : printed for G. G. and J. Robinson, Paternoster Row, 1796.
Physical description
xxiii,[1],174p.,plates ; 80.
Contributors
References note
ESTC T77724
Reproduction note
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. (Eighteenth century collections online). Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.