(DOWNLOAD) "Spars and Rigging" by John M'Leod Murphy & W. N. Jeffers # Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
eBook details
- Title: Spars and Rigging
- Author : John M'Leod Murphy & W. N. Jeffers
- Release Date : January 26, 2012
- Genre: Transportation,Books,Nonfiction,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 6544 KB
Description
An accurate portrait of a ship's rigging and masts, this important study by a U.S. Navy midshipman describes every improvement made in seafaring equipment up to the mid-19th century. Subjects cover everything from anchors, bobstays, booms, and cat-head stoppers, to flying jibs, halliards, nippers, and topsail buntlines. 29 line drawings; 189 figures.