A Naval Encyclopaedia Comprising A Dictionary Of Nautical Words And Phrases Biographical Notices And Records Of Naval Officers Special Articles On Naval Art And Science Together With Descriptions Of The Principal Naval Stations And Seaports Of The World PDF Download

Excerpt from A Naval Encyclopaedia: Comprising a Dictionary of Nautical Words and Phrases; Biographical Notices, and Records of Naval Officers; Special Articles of Naval Art and Science Chief Engineer Albert Aston has contributed the general mass of definitions relating to machinery and steam-engineering, and Passed Assistant Engineer L. W. Robinson has also made valuable contributions to the same department. To Naval Constructor S. H. Pook belongs the credit of having furnished the definitions of the terms pertaining to ship-building. Lieutenant E. T. Strong, in addition to the articles signed by him, has con tributed the definitions of nautical and naval terms which occur under the letters K, L, and T, respectively. 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.