Progress of Naval Architecture: To Those Interested in Improvements in Steam, and Other Navigation, and to the Public Generally, This Pamphlet Is ... the Principles and Advantages of Darius Davi - Hardcover

Darius Davison

9780266530015: Progress of Naval Architecture: To Those Interested in Improvements in Steam, and Other Navigation, and to the Public Generally, This Pamphlet Is ... the Principles and Advantages of Darius Davi

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Excerpt from Progress of Naval To Those Interested in Improvements in Steam, and Other Navigation, and to the Public Generally, This Pamphlet Is Respectfully Addressed; Being a Popular and Brief Explanation of the Principles and Advantages of Darius Davison's New American Model On mature reﬂection, it appeared to me, that to gain any great increase in speed, a great change must be made in the model of the vessel, by which we could get the greatest possible ﬂoating capacity, and consequent light draft of water with the easiest possible water lines, and thereby meet the least possible resistance in forcing the vessel rapidly through the water. 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.

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