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The science of ship-building, considered in its relations to the laws of nature

The science of ship-building, considered in its relations to the laws of nature by Willson, Hugh Bowlby

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Title
The science of ship-building, considered in its relations to the laws of nature
Author
Willson, Hugh Bowlby
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Ten Pound Island Book Co. (United States)
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London, 1863. b/w folding plates. xi, 63 pp. Willson, a Canadian polymath, was sufficiently ahead of his time as to sound like a crackpot. He proposes to do away with the sails, masts, and rigging, and thereby to dispense with sailors - in fact to regard a ship of war as a vast floating military engine, capable of being rapidly moved to any point required, at a velocity hitherto unknown. In fact, what he has in mind are souped-up ironclads. He acknowledges Scott-Russells wave-line theory and adds his own ideas about the importance of reducing surface friction. His design concepts are illustrated in five folding plates. Though he sounds like an engineer he was actually a journalist with a particular interest in economics. According to the Dictionary of Canadian Biography, The quality of Willsons writings on money and banking was excellent. An interesting oddball item. VG in original cloth binding.
ADVENTURES OF THE REV. SAMUEL ENTWHISTLE

ADVENTURES OF THE REV. SAMUEL ENTWHISTLE by BARRETT, Thomas V.

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ADVENTURES OF THE REV. SAMUEL ENTWHISTLE
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BARRETT, Thomas V.
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Antic Hay Books (United States)
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Morehouse-Gorham Co, 1955. BARRETT, Thomas V. ADVENTURES OF THE REV. SAMUEL ENTWHISTLE. NY: Morehouse-Gorham Co., [1955]. Small 8vo., yellow cloth in dust jacket. First Edition. A collection of 14 essays describing the daily adventures of a cleryman of the Episcopal Church. Signed inscription by Barrett on the front endpaper: "Sincerely, Thomas van Braam Barrett." Very Good (contents clean & tight); little edgewear & browning d/j. $75.00.

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