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- A Treatise on Naval Architecture Founded Upon Philosophical and Rational Principles
A Treatise on Naval Architecture Founded Upon Philosophical and Rational Principles, Towards Establishing Fixed Rules for the Best Form and Proportional Dimensions in Length, Breadth and Depth, of Merchant Ships in General, and also the Management of them to the Greatest Advantage, by Practical Seamanship..
Hutchinson, William.
T. Billinge, ( 1794), Liverpool
25.5 cm. xv, (1), 303 (1) pp. plus plates. b/w engraved frontispiece. 12 plates, plans. one folding.
Price: $1750
Hutchinson was a life-long seaman, with first-hand experience in most branches of the maritime trades. He was on an east Indiaman in 1738, in command of a privateer in 1747 and in the West Indies in 1750. In 1760 he was he was appointed a dock-master at Liverpool. This is the fourth edition, “Enlarged and Improved,” of a work that started its life in 1777 as, “A Treatise on Practical Seamanship.” Material was added with each edition until the present one, which contains information on shipbuilding, stowage, seamanship, naval gunnery and tactics, and health and diseases of seamen – making it a virtual compendium of 18th century naval practice. Scott Coll. 445. Adams & Waters 2182. Bound in 19th century half calf over boards, with original backstrip laid down, short closed tear in upper corner of frontispiece. The rest of the text is in excellent condition and the plates are clean and fresh.
