Ancient And Modern Ships Vol 2
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Ancient And Modern Ships Vol 2
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Author : George C. V. Holmes
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2018-02-23
Ancient And Modern Ships Vol 2 written by George C. V. Holmes and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02-23 with Technology & Engineering categories.
Excerpt from Ancient and Modern Ships, Vol. 2: The Era of Steam, Iron Steel The production of the first volume of this handbook was rendered difficult by the scantiness of trustworthy records. A similar remark applies to the first chapter of the present volume, Which deals with the history of the earliest days of steam navigation. On the other hand, in writing the remainder of the book, the difficulty has rather been to select from the superabundance of available material. Limits of space have rendered it necessary to reject a great deal, and that which has been selected is only what appeared to be essential for the purpose of putting before the reader a history, in outline, of the development of modern ships. This volume is, in the main, devoted to mercantile ships. The man-oi - war, considered as a fighting machine, has not been touched; in fact war vessels have only been alluded to when the introduction of peculiarities in their construction seriously influenced the development of shipbuilding. The evolution of the war ship as a fighting machine, from the time of the introduction of steam down to the present day, affords abundant material for a separate work. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Release Date : 1906
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Ancient And Modern Ships Part I
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Author : George C.V Holmes
language : en
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Release Date : 2020-07-31
Ancient And Modern Ships Part I written by George C.V Holmes and has been published by BoD – Books on Demand this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-07-31 with Fiction categories.
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Ancient And Modern Ships
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language : en
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Release Date : 1907
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Ancient And Modern Ships Part 1
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Author : Holmes George Charles Vincent Sir
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016-06-23
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Ancient And Modern Ships Vol 1
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Author : George Charles Vincent Holmes
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2018-04-30
Ancient And Modern Ships Vol 1 written by George Charles Vincent Holmes and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-04-30 with Architecture categories.
Excerpt from Ancient and Modern Ships, Vol. 1: Wooden Sailing-Ships A museum relating to Naval Architecture and Shipbuilding is of the utmost interest to the people of Great Britain, on account of the importance to them of everything that bears on the carrying of their commerce. Every Englishman knows, in a general way, that the commerce of the British Empire is more extensive than that of any other state in the world, and that the British sea-going mercantile marine compares favour ably in point of size even with that of all the other countries of the world put together; but few are probably aware of the immense importance to us of these fleets of trading ships, and of the great part which they play in the maintenance of the prosperity of these isles. The shipping industry ranks, after agriculture, as the largest of our national commercial pursuits. There is more capital locked up in it, and more hands are employed in the navigation and construction of Ships, their engines and fittings, than in any other trade of the country excepting the tillage of the soil. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Author : George Charles Vincent Holmes
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019
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Ancient Modern Ships
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Author : Sir George Charles Vincent Holmes
language : en
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Release Date : 1910
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Ancient And Modern Ships Part 1 Wooden Sailing Ships
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Author : George Charles Vincent Holmes (Sir)
language : en
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Release Date : 2010
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Author : George Holmes
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2018-06-19
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An endeavour has been made in this handbook, as far as space and scantiness of material would permit, to trace the history of the development of wooden ships from the earliest times down to our own. Unfortunately, the task has been exceedingly difficult; for the annals of shipbuilding have been very badly kept down to a quite recent period, and the statements made by old writers concerning ships are not only meagre but often extremely inaccurate. Moreover, the drawings and paintings of vessels which have survived from the classical period are few and far between, and were made by artists who thought more of pictorial effect than of accuracy of detail. Fortunately the carvings of the ancient Egyptians were an exception to the above rule. Thanks to their practice of recording and illustrating their history in one of the most imperishable of materials we know more of their ships and maritime expeditions than we do of those of any other people of antiquity. If their draughtsmen were as conscientious in delineating their boats as they were in their drawings of animals and buildings, we may accept the illustrations of Egyptian vessels which have survived into our epoch as being correct in their main features. The researches now being systematically carried out in the Valley of the Nile add, year by year, to our knowledge, andviii already we know enough to enable us to assert that ship building is one of the oldest of human industries, and that there probably existed a sea borne commerce in the Mediterranean long before the building of the Pyramids.