THE MARINE eNGINEERING
COLLECTION ~~~~~~~~ A truly unique and wonderful
collection of over 190 rare, out-of-print books compiled together for the first
time on DVD DATA DISC covering all aspects of NAVAL ARCHITECTURE &
SHIPBUILDING. Discover the principles of
ship design and construction, from ancient wooden boats to large ironclad
warships and modern vessels. Study the science, theory and practice of naval
architecture and marine engineering. Frigates, clippers, yachts, boats, wooden
ships, iron vessels, warships and steamships – from stem to stern, explore the
history of shipbuilding around the world. Some of the books contained within
this collection are extremely hard-to-find and will provide a valuable library
of reference material. Overall, this is a vast treasure trove of information
for anyone with an interest in ships, shipbuilding, naval architecture and
marine engineering. The full list of titles included speaks for itself…. This superb compilation of
194 vintage books on DVD data disc provides literally 1,000’s of pages of great
content and fabulous photos / illustrations for the reader. All of the books
have been scanned in high quality and preserved forever in pdf format - easy to
read on your laptop or computer, or transfer to tablet, smartphone, kindle or
e-reader. You can also print entire books or select pages. This is without doubt the
most extensive collection of its kind - compiled over time by
rare-book-collections, and only available here!
The Full List of Titles
Included is as Follows:
A book of the
sea - A. Williams (1878) A brief essay
on the causes of dry-rot in public and private ships and its remedy - J. Barron
(1829) A complete
class-book of naval architecture - W. J. Lovett (1918) A complete
nautical pocket dictionary. English-German and German-English - J. Barten
(1911) A complete
schedule of vessels built and registered in the district of Bath, Maine,
commencing at 1783 - G. Preble (1878) A Handbook of
Practical Shipbuilding - J. D. MacBride (1921) A History of
Naval Architecture, to which is prefixed an introductory dissertation on the
application of mathematical science to the art of naval construction - J.
Fincham (1851) A manual for
naval cadets - J. M. Boyd (1860) A manual of
naval architecture by W. H. White (1889) A naval
encyclopædia comprising a dictionary of nautical words and phrases - L. R.
Hamersley (1884) A New System
of Naval Architecture - W. Annesley (1822) A practical
course in wooden boat and ship building by R. M. Van Gaasbeek (1918) A text book
of naval architecture, for the use of officers of the Royal Navy - J. J. Welch
(1891) A text-book
of laying off, or, The geometry of shipbuilding - E. L. Atwood (1918) A text-book of
ocean meteorology by A. G. Findlay (1887) A treatise on
marine architecture - M. F. Crisp (1849) A treatise on
marine architecture containing the theory and practice of shipbuilding, with
rules for the proportions of masts, rigging, weight of anchors, etc. - P.
Hedderwick (1830) A treatise on
naval architecture - R. W. Meade (1868) A treatise on
ship-building and navigation ... To which is added by way of appendix, an
English abridgment of another treatise on naval architecture - M. Murray (1754) A treatise on
the stability of ships by E. J. Reed (1885) All about
ships, With four colour plates and a large number of drawings and photographs
by H. T. Dorling (1912) An
introductory outline of the practice of ship-building by J. Fincham (1825) An universal
dictionary of the marine or, A copious explanation of the technical terms and
phrases employed in the construction ... of a ship - W. Falconer (1780) An unsinkable
Titanic; every ship its own lifeboat - J. B. Walker (1912) Ancient and
modern ships Vol. 1 - G. Holmes (1906) Ancient and
modern ships Vol. 2 - G. Holmes (1906) Ancient
Egyptian ships and shipping - W. F. Edgerton (1923) Ancient
mariners - the story of ships and sea routes - C. Ford (1921) Ancient ships
by C. Torr (1895) Architectura
navalis et reginem nauticum - N. Witsen (1690) (Latin text) Audel's ship
fitters' guide; a practical treatise on steel ship building and repairing - R.
Newstead (1919) British
shipping, its history, organization and importance, with a map of main routes
and coaling stations, and full appendices by A. W. Kirkaldy (1914) De
nederlandsche scheeps-bouw-konst open gestelt - C. Van Eyk (1697) (Dutch Text) Descriptions
of various plans for the improvement of naval architecture - R. Blake (1833) Electric
lighting for marine engineers; or, How to light a ship by the electric light
and how to keep the apparatus in order, with 134 illustrations by S. F. Walker
(1896) Elements of
naval architecture - being a translation of the third part of a work entitled
Traite elementaire de la construction des vaisseaux, par M. Vial de Clairbois
(1846) Elements of
yacht design - N. L. Skene (1904) Fifty plates
of shipping and craft by E. W. Cooke (1829) Handbook of
ship calculations, construction and operation - C. H. Hughes (1917) Hints on the
principles which should regulate the form of ships and boats - W. Bland (1852) Historic
ships - R. S. Holland (1922) History of New York ship yards - J.
H. Morrison (1909) History of
shipbuilding on North river, Plymouth county, Massachusetts - L. V.
Briggs (1889) How wooden
ships are built; a practical treatise on modern American wooden ship
construction, with a supplement on laying off wooden vessels - H. C. Estep
(1918) Illustrated
nautical dictionary - H. Patterson (1891) Improvements
in naval engineering in Great
Britain - J. A. Tobin (1883) Influence of
the great war upon shipping - J. R. Smith (1919) Instructions
as to the tonnage measurement of ships by Great Britain Board of Trade (1913) Iron as a
material of construction being the substance of a course of lectures delivered
at the Royal school of naval architecture, South
Kensington - W. Pole (1872) Iron
Shipbuilding with Practical Illustrations - J. Grantham (1858) Lake ship yard
methods of steel ship construction - R. Curr (1907) L'architecture
navale, contenant la maniere de construire les navires, galeres &
chaloupes, & la definition de plusieurs autres especes de vaisseaux - F.
Dassie (1677) (French text) Lecture on
the preservation of wood as adapted to shipbuilding - C. E. Munroe (1877) Lectures on
naval architecture; being the substance of those delivered at the United
service institution - E. G. Fishbourne (1846) List of
references on shipping and shipbuilding - H. Meyer (1919) Mechanical
and marine engineering science - A. N. Somerscales (1909) Model engines
and small boats, new methods of engine and boiler making; with chapter on
elementary ship design and constrution - N. Hopkins
(1898) Models of
ships and boats - G. A. Resiner (1913) Modern
shipbuilding and the men engaged in it - D. H. Pollock (1884) Modern
shipbuilding terms - F. F. Pease (1918) Motor boats,
a review of the development and construction of marine motors and motor boats,
their advantages and their future scope by F. Strickland (1919) Motor boats,
hydroplanes, hydroaeroplanes, construction and operation by T. H. Russell
(1917) Mr. Robert
Duncan on evolution in naval architecture during the reign of Queen Victoria -
R. Duncan (1887) Nautical
terms - in English and French and French and English - L. Delbos (1902) Naval
architect's & shipbuilder's pocket-book - C. Mackrow (1916) Naval
architects data - J. Mitchell (1919) Naval
architecture - a treatise on laying off and building wood, iron, and composite
ships Vol. 1 - S. J. Thearle (1874) Naval
architecture - a treatise on laying off and building wood, iron, and composite
ships Vol. 2 - S. J. Thearle (1874) Naval
architecture - a treatise on ship-building, and the rig of clippers, with suggestions
for a new method of laying down vessels - R. Montagu (1852) Naval
Architecture - C. H. Peabody (1917) Naval
architecture a manual on laying-off iron, steel, and composite vessels by T. H.
Watson (1898) Naval
architecture and shipbuilding; a list of references in the New York Public Library (1919) Naval
construction - R. Robinson (1917) Naval
text-book, and dictionary, for the use of the midshipmen of the U.S.
Navy - B. J. Totten (1862) Naval warfare
- J. R. Thursfield (1913) Navies of the
world ... Together with the latest developments in ordnance, torpedoes, and
naval architecture - E. W. Very (1880) Notes on
Shipbuilding & Nautical Terms of Old in the North - E. Magnusson (1906) Notes on the
Theory of the Steam Engine - J. H. Cotterill (1871) Old seas
wings, ways, and words, in the days of oak and hemp - R. C. Leslie (1890) On
construction of the ark as adapted to the naval architecture of the present day
- W. Radford (1840) On
illustrations of progress in materials for shipbuilding and engineering at the
royal naval exhibition - W. H. White (1891) On
technological education and the construction of ships and screw propellers, for
naval and marine engineers - J. W. Nystrom (1866) On the Action
of Compasses in Iron Ships - article by J. Lilley (1866) Our ironclads
and merchant ships - E. G. Fishbourne (1874) Papers on
Naval Architecture and Other Subjects Connected with Naval Science - W. Morgan
(1829) Papers on
Naval Architecture and Other Subjects Connected with Naval Science - W. Morgan
(1832) Practical
ship production - A. W. Carmichael (1919) Practical
shipbuilding - a treatise on the structural design and building of modern steel
vessels - A. C. Holmes (1904) Present-day
shipbuilding. A manual for students and ships' officers for their respective
examinations; ship-superintendents, surveyors, engineers, shipowners, and
shipbuilders - T. Walton (1907) Principles of
Mechanics, and Their Application to Prime Movers, Naval architecture, ect. - W.
J. Millar (1874) Proceedings
of the International Engineering Congress, Division of Marine and Naval
Engineering and Naval Architecture Vol. 2 (1894) Progress of
naval architecture - D. Davison (1852) Report on the
ship-building industry of the United
States - H. Hall (1884) Rudimentary
dictionary of terms used in architecture, civil, architecture, naval, building
and construction - J. Weale (1860) Rudimentary
treatise on masting, mast-making, and rigging of ships - R. Kipping (1854) Rudiments of
Naval Architecture by J. Peake (1855) Sailing ships
- the story of their development from earliest times to the present day by E.
K. Chatteton (1909) Seagoing and
other concrete ships by N. K. Fougner (1922) Ship
construction and calculations, with numerous illustrations and examples for the
use of officers of the mercantile marine, ship superintendents, draughtsmen,
etc. by G. Nicol (1909) Ship erection
(1912) Ship joinery
(1912) Ship wiring
and fitting by T. M. Johnson (1911) Shipbuilding
for beginners - A. W. Carmichael (1918) Shipbuilding
from its beginnings Vol. 1 by E. Von Konijnenburg (1913) Shipbuilding
from its beginnings Vol. 2 by E. Von Konijnenburg (1913) Shipbuilding
from its beginnings Vol. 3 by E. Von Konijnenburg (1913) Shipbuilding
in iron and steel, a practical treatise - E. J. Reed (1869) Ship-building
in iron and wood by A. Murray (1863) Shipfitting
practice, instructor’s guide (1922) Ships &
ways of other days - E. K. Chatterton (1913) Shipyard
practice as applied to warship construction - N. J. McDermaid (1911) Shipyard
rigging (1921) Some
experiences in naval architecture - H. H. West (1889) Some ships of
the clipper ship era, their builders, owners, and captains by State Street
Trust Company (1913) Specifications
for construction of steel cargo steamers by Columbia river
ship building corporation (1921) Stability and
equilibrium of floating bodies by B. C. Laws (1914) Stage
building and ship carpentry (1912) Standardization
of ship materials by F. T. Llewellyn (1919) Steam vessels
and marine engines by G. F. Howell (1896) Steam-ships the story of their development to the present
day by R. A. Fletcher (1910) Steamships
and their machinery from first to last by J. W. C. Haldane (1893) Steamships
and their story - E. K. Chatterton (1910) Steel ships,
their construction and maintenance - a manual for shipbuilders, ship
superintendents, students, and marine engineers - T. Walton (1901) Stem to
stern; or, Building the boat by O. Optic (1886) Structural
design of warships - W. Hovgaard (1915) Technical
education in naval architecture - W. John (1884) Text-book of
theorectical naval architecture by E. L. Attwood (1917) The Annual of
the Royal School of Naval Architecture and Marine
Engineering (1871) The Blackwall
frigates - B. Lubbock (1922) The
boilermakers' and iron shipbuilders' companion - J. Foden (1892) The British
merchant service; being a history of the British mercantile marine from the
earliest times to the present day by R. J. Cornewall-Jones (1898) The building
of a wooden ship - C. G. Davis (1918) The
capability of steam ships, based on the mutual relations of displacement, power,
and speed illustrated by tables, adapted
for mercantile reference by C. Atherton (1854) The clipper
ship era; an epitome of famous American and British clipper ships, their
owners, builders, commanders, and crews, 1843-1869 by A. H. Clark (1910) The Clyde passenger steamer - J. Williamson (1904) The design
and construction of ships Vol. 1 - J. H. Biles (1923) The design
and construction of ships Vol. 2 - J. H. Biles (1923) The
development of navies during the last half-century - S. Eardley-Wilmot (1892) The electric
propulsion of ships by H. M. Hobart (1911) The Elements
of Naval Architecture, Or A Practical Treatise on Shipbuilding - M. Duhamel du
Monceau (1764) The elements
of wood ship construction - W. H. Curtis (1919) The evolution
of naval armament - F. L. Robertson (1921) The fleets of
the world - F. A. Parker (1876) The forms of
ships and boats Hints experimentally derived on some of the principles
regulating shipbuilding - W. Bland (1868) The handbook
of iron shipbuilding by T. Smith (1869) The Homeric
catalogue of ships by T. W. Allen (1921) The magnetism
of ships, and the mariner's compass by W. Walker
(1853) The marvel
book of American ships by O. P. Jackson (1917) The marvels
of the ship; the story of the development of the ship from the earliest times
by E. K. Chatterton (1921) The
merchant's, shipmaster's and mate's manual - I.
R. Butts (1858) The modern
warship - E. L. Attwood (1913) The naval
architect's and shipbuilder's pocket-book of formulae, rules, and tables and
marine engineer's and surveyor's handy book of reference - C. Mackrow (1884) The naval
constructor a vade mecum of ship design for students, naval architects,
shipbuilders and owners, marine superintendents, engineers and draughtsmen - G.
Simpson (1914) The romance
of the ship; the story of her origin and evolution by E. K. Chatterton (1911) The science
of ship-building, considered in its relations to the laws of nature - H. B.
Willson (1863) The screw
propeller - R. Wilson (1880) The seaman's
friend - containing a treatise on practical seamanship, with plates; a
dictionary of sea terms; customs and usages of the merchant service - R. H.
Dana (1847) The seaman's
manual - R. H. Dana (1841) The ship; her
story - W. C. Russell (1899) The
ship-builders' complete guide - comprehending the theory and practice of naval
architecture, with its modern improvements - C. F. Partington (1826) The
shipbuilding industry - R. W. Kelly (1918) The
shipbuilding industry; its history, practice, science and finance - D. H.
Pollock (1905) The theory and
design of British shipbuilding by A. L. Ayre (1921) The theory
and science of naval architecture familiarly explained and intimately blended
with the art - I. Blackburn (1836) Theoretical
naval architecture; a treatise on the calculations involved in naval design
Vol. 1 by S. J. Pope (1877) Theoretical
naval architecture; a treatise on the calculations involved in naval design
Vol. 2 by S. J. Pope (1877) Traité de la
construction des vaisseaux, avec des eclaircissemens & démonstrations
touchant l'ouvrage intitulé Architectura navalis mercatoria - F. H. Chapman
(1781) (French text) Traité
élémentaire de la construction des bâtimens de mer, à l'usage des élèves du
génie maritime, & propre aux marins, armateurs, etc. - H. S. Vial Du Clairbois (French text) Transactions
- The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers Vol. 18 (1910) Transactions
- The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers Vol. 19 (1911) Transactions
- The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers Vol. 20 (1912) Transactions
- The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers Vol. 21 (1913) Transactions
- The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers Vol. 22 (1914) Transactions
- The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers Vol. 23 (1915) Transactions
- The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers Vol. 24 (1916) Transactions
- The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers Vol. 26 (1918) Transactions
- The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers Vol. 27 (1919) Transactions
- The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers Vol. 28 (1920) Transactions
- The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers Vol. 29 (1921) Transactions
- The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers Vol. 30 (1922) Treatise on
iron ship building - W. Fairbairn (1865) Treatise on
marine and naval architecture, or, Theory and practice blended in ship building
- J. W. Griffiths (1852) Treatise on
the theory and practice of naval architecture - A. Creuze (1841) Two centuries
of shipbuilding by the Scotts at Greenock
(1920) War-ships - a
text-book on the construction, protection, stability turning, etc. of war
vessels - E. L. Attwood (1910) Wooden hull
inspection & repair manual by United States. Coast Guard.
Merchant Marine Technical Division (1900) Wooden
shipbuilding a comprehensive manual for wooden shipbuilders, to which is added
a masting and rigging guide - W. J. Thompson (1918) Wooden
ship-building by C. Desmond (1919) An absolute must
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