a manual for students and ships' officers......, ship-superintendents, surveyors, engineers, shipowners, and shipbuilders
by Thomas Walton
Charles Griffin & Co., 1921.
2nd edition. ppxv 266 + many large folding plans.
good clean condition hardback in a smart modern cloth binding. part of fig.49 (one of the smaller plans) torn away with some loss.
originally reprinted from chapters 3, 4, 6 & 7 of the author's other well-known work, "Steel Ships", and revised and enlarged for this separate publication. includes quite a bit of material on the Cunard ships 'Mauretania', 'Lusitania', 'Campania', and 'Lucania'.
illustrated with plates from photos, large folding diagrams reduced from working drawings, and illustrations in the text.
this second edition has been revised and enlarged by John King.
