Naval Tactics and Trials of Sailing; illustrated by diagrams of the several evolutions. to which are added, The Established Plan of Lights for Steam Vessels, and, Regulations to avoid Collision.

Biddlecombe, George

Verlag: London Charles Wilson, 1850

Beschreibung

4to [28x22cm]. ppxvi 176. fine frontispiece view of HMS St.Vincent off The Lizard, four other plates, plus numerous hand-coloured illustrations through the text showing the sailing evolutions. good clean condition hardback recased into the original binding, with new end-papers. old water stain to outer edge of frontispiece. a little foxing, but generally very fresh. lacks the protractor from the front paste-down pocket. a highly regarded text on sailing tactics for the early Victorian navy, based largely from the author's own twenty-seven years experience, but also drawing on David Steel's work on naval tactics, published some fifty years previously. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers BIDDLECO040431

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Titel: Naval Tactics and Trials of Sailing; ...

Verlag: London Charles Wilson

Erscheinungsdatum: 1850

Einband: Hardcover