An Universal Dictionary of the Marine
by William Falconer
★★★★★No ratings yet
Language: English
Sign in to rate this book.
Sign in to shelve this book.
About this eBook
- Author
- Falconer, William, 1732-1769
- Title
- An Universal Dictionary of the Marine Or, a Copious Explanation of the Technical Terms and Phrases Employed in the Construction, Equipment, Furniture, Machinery, Movements, and Military Operations of a Ship. Illustrated With Variety of Original Designs of Shipping, in Different Situations; Together With Separate Views of Their Masts, Sails, Yards, and Rigging. to Which Is Annexed, a Translation of the French Sea-terms and Phrases, Collected from the Works of Mess. Du Hamel, Aubin, Saverien, &c.
- Credits
- Produced by Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- V: Naval science
- Subject
- Naval art and science -- Dictionaries -- French
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 57705
- Release Date
- August 16, 2018
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.AN UNIVERSAL DICTIONARY OF THE MARINE: OR, A COPIOUS EXPLANATION OF THE TECHNICAL TERMS and PHRASES EMPLOYED IN THE Construction , Equipment , Furniture , Machinery , Movements , and Military Operations OF A SHIP. ILLUSTRATED WITH Variety of Original DESIGNS of SHIPPING, in different Situations; Together with separate Views of their Masts, Sails, Yards, and Rigging. To which is annexed, A Translation of the French Sea-Terms and Phrases, collected from the Works of Mess. Du Hamel , Aubin , Saverien , &c.
- 2.PREFACE.
- 3.A LIST of the SUBSCRIBERS.
- 4.TABLE OF CONTENTS
- 5.AN UNIVERSAL DICTIONARY OF THE MARINE. — A. — Plane of PROJECTION, Plate I . — HORIZONTAL PLANE. Plate I . — B. — C. — LEMMA. — D. — Explanation of the figures represented in the Deck, plate III . — E. — 1st, Silence. — 2d. Cast loose your guns. — 3d. Level your guns. — 4th. Take out your tompions. — 5th. Run out your guns. — 6th. Prime. — 7th. Point your guns. — 8th. fire. — 9th. Spunge your gun. — 10th. Load with cartridge. — 11th. Shot your guns. — 12th. Put in your tompions. — 13th. House your guns. — 14th. Secure your guns. — F. — Instructions to prime. — G. — H. — J. — K. — L. — M. — Necessary orders before a bombardment by sea. — N. — O. — P. — Q. — Explanation of fig. 3. plate VIII . — R. — S. — EXPLANATION of fig. 1. plate X . which exhibits the Stern of — T. — V. — W. — Conclusion of the article Pump . — X. — Y. — SUPPLEMENT and ERRATA .
- 6.A TRANSLATION OF THE PHRASES AND TERMS OF ART IN THE FRENCH MARINE. — ERRATA. — A. — B. — C. — D. — E. — F. — G. — H. — J. — L. — M. — N. — O. — P. — Q. — R. — S. — T. — V. — W. — Y. — Z.
- 7.TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES
Community reviews
Sign in to write a review.
No reviews yet.