Vice Admiral Sir George Nares: Seamanship: Including Names of Principal Parts of a Ship;Masts, Sails, Yards, etc.; Bends and Hitches; Manufacture and Tests of Steel Wire Rope; Flexible Steel Wire Hawsers; Tests and Weights of Hemp Rope, Flexible Steel Wire Hawsers, and HCain Cable; Splicing Wire Rope; Knots and Splices; Fittings of Standing Rigging; Rigging of Masts; Yards and Bowsprit; Tests of Blocks; Fitting of Tackles; Staying Masts and Setting up Rigging; Tanks, Ballast, and Provisions; Managing Sails; Boat Sailing; Instructions on the Management of Boats in a Surf; Stowage of Anchors and Cables; Proof Tests of Anchors and Chain Cables; Hoisting in Boats; Use of Mooring Board; To Unmoor and Proceed to Sea; Maneuvres; to Tack Ship; Trimming Sails; Making and shortening Sail; Ropes and Spars Carried Away; Rule of the Road; Vessels’ Lights and Fog Signals; Glossary of sea Terms. Etc., Etc., Etc

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Seamanship: Including Names of Principal Parts of a Ship;Masts, Sails, Yards, etc.; Bends and Hitches; Manufacture and Tests of Steel Wire Rope; Flexible Steel Wire Hawsers; Tests and Weights of Hemp Rope, Flexible Steel Wire Hawsers, and HCain Cable; Splicing Wire Rope; Knots and Splices; Fittings of Standing Rigging; Rigging of Masts; Yards and Bowsprit; Tests of Blocks; Fitting of Tackles; Staying Masts and Setting up Rigging; Tanks, Ballast, and Provisions; Managing Sails; Boat Sailing; Instructions on the Management of Boats in a Surf; Stowage of Anchors and Cables; Proof Tests of Anchors and Chain Cables; Hoisting in Boats; Use of Mooring Board; To Unmoor and Proceed to Sea; Maneuvres; to Tack Ship; Trimming Sails; Making and shortening Sail; Ropes and Spars Carried Away; Rule of the Road; Vessels’ Lights and Fog Signals; Glossary of sea Terms. Etc., Etc., Etc by Vice Admiral Sir George Nares listed for sale on Bibliophile Bookbase. Click here for full details and on-line purchase.

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