1. Add MS 33493
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 33493
- Title:
- " REASONS for preferring vessels built with long floors, separate bulkheads and sliding keels to the present mode of Ship Building, by Captain [John] Schank [inventor of the centre-board] .......... with an appendix of orders, certificates and examinations relative to The Trial Cutter," in 1792. Transferred from the Department of Printed Books. Paper; fr. 29. Small Quarto.
- Scope & Content:
- 'Trial'; Cutter: Experiment of, with sliding keel, by Capt. J. Schank: 1792. Ships and Shipbuilding: Reasons for preferring vessels built with long floors, etc., by Capt. J. Schank: 1792. Captain John Schank, RN: Reasons for preferring sliding keels, etc.: 1791, 1792. The Centre-board: Reason...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 1791-1792
- Extent:
- 1 item