A Selected List of Works in the Library Relating to Nautical and Naval Art and Science, Navigation, and Seamanship, Shipbuilding, Etc

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The Library, 1907 - 151 pages
 

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Page 93 - Narrative of a Voyage to the South Seas, and the Shipwreck of the Princess of Wales Cutter, with an Account of Two Years' Residence on an Uninhabited Island.
Page 28 - PRACTICAL NAVIGATION : consisting of the Sailor's SeaBook, by JAMES GREENWOOD and WH ROSSER ; together with the requisite Mathematical and Nautical Tables for the Working of the Problems. By HENRY LAW, CE, and Professor JR YOUNG. Illustrated with numerous Wood Engravings and Coloured Plates.
Page 27 - MATHEMATICAL TABLES, for Trigonometrical, Astronomical, and Nautical Calculations ; to which is prefixed a Treatise on Logarithms. By HENRY LAW, CE Together with a Series of Tables for Navigation and Nautical Astronomy. By Professor JR YOUNG.
Page 67 - SIMPSON, G. The Naval Constructor. A Vade Mecum of Ship Design, for Students, Naval Architects, Ship Builders and Owners, Marine Superintendents, Engineers and Draughtsmen.
Page 36 - Description nautique des côtes de l'Afrique occidentale, comprises entre le Sénégal et l'Equateur, commencée en 1838 et terminée en 1845.
Page 22 - Tables requisite to be used with the Nautical Ephemeris for finding the latitude and longitude at sea.
Page 34 - The voyage of Nearchus from the Indus to the Euphrates. Collected from the original journal preserved by Arrian, and illustrated by authorities ancient and modern : containing an account of the first navigation attempted by Europeans in the Indian Ocean.
Page 93 - An Appeal to the British Nation, on the Humanity and Policy of forming a National Institution for the Preservation of Lives and Property from Shipwreck.
Page 15 - ARCHIVES des voyages, ou collection d'anciennes relations inédites ou très rares , de lettres, mémoires, itinéraires et autres documents relatifs à la géographie et aux voyages, suivies d'analyses d'anciens voyages et d'anecdotes relatives aux voyageurs, tirées des mémoires du temps. Paris, Arlh. Bertrand, 18/10, in-8. Publié en même temps que la 4' série des Nouvelles annales des voyages.
Page 51 - PROPOSALS for establishing at sea, a marine school, or seminary for seamen, as a means of improving the plan of the Marine Society, and also of clearing the streets of the metropolis from vagabond youths, now sadly training up to pilfering, robbery and plunder.

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