Dictionary of Nautical Words and Terms - Hardcover

Layton, Cyril Walter Thomas

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0851746187 ISBN 13: 9780851746180

Publisher: UNKNO, 1994

Synopsis

This book has been compiled to embody, in one volume, the words and terms that are, or have been, used by seamen in connection with their work. It deals with navigation, seamanship, rigging, meteorology, astronomy, naval architecture, ship economics, hydrography, cargo stowage, marine engineering, ice terminology, buoyage and other nautical matters. There are over 8,000 definitions covering many centuries of navigation and seamanship. Every endeavor has been made to extend the scope of the book through as wide a range of nautical subjects as would be helpful and interesting to the professional mariner and to the inquiring layman.

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Review:

"A book of this nature has been a need for many years and the author has made a praiseworthy attempt to cover bowsprit to stern walk, from truck to keel, in the heavens above and the waters beneath all in one book at a price within the reach of most seafarers, to whom it will be a valuable acquisition" - The Journal of the Institute of Navigation.

About this edition

• Publisher: UNKNO
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0851746187
• ISBN 13: 9780851746180
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 4