An History of Marine Architecture: Including an Enlarged and Progressive View of the Nautical Regulations...

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John Charnock

An History of Marine Architecture

Including an Enlarged and Progressive View of the Nautical Regulations and Naval History, Both...

John Charnock

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English

Cambridge University Press
28 July 2016

History of engineering & technology; Ship design & naval architecture

Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Naval and Military History

After completing his studies at Trinity College, Oxford, John Charnock (1756–1807) joined the Royal Navy as a volunteer. Though details of his career at sea are lacking, he is known to have embarked on assiduous research into historical and contemporary naval affairs, and he cultivated contacts with many serving officers. His six-volume Biographia Navalis (1794–8), flawed yet still useful, is also reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection. Published in three volumes from 1800 to 1802, the present work stands as the first serious study of naval architecture in Britain in particular, while also noting major developments in Europe and beyond. The volumes are illustrated throughout with numerous designs of vessels. Volume 3 (1802) covers changes across the entire eighteenth century, with some discussion of African and Asian examples. The work concludes with various experimental and practical considerations relating to effective shipbuilding and seafaring.

By: John Charnock
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Volume: Volume 3
Dimensions: Height: 298mm, Width: 210mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 1.340kg
ISBN: 9781108084642
ISBN 10: 1108084648
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Naval and Military History
Pages: 510
Publication Date: 28 July 2016
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Political account of the different navies of Europe; 2. Improvements in marine architecture; 3. The British navy at the commencement of the eighteenth century; 4. Conditions of the different navies of Europe; 5. State of the British marine; 6. Effects of war on the Spanish marine; 7. The British navy in 1739; 8. Alterations to the principles of construction; 9. Avidity for maritime pursuits; 10. Comparative view of the naval powers in Europe; 11. Ships built for the Royal Navy from 1700 to 1800; 12. Marine belonging to the different African powers; 13. General principles of marine architecture; 14. The different formation of the bow; 15. Obscurity of the terms used in marine architecture; 16. Causes of the imperfections in marine architecture.