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Longmans, Green and Co., New York

Steel Shipbuilder's Handbook: An encyclopedia of the names of parts, tools, operations, trades, abbreviations, etc., used in the building of steel ships

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Title: Steel Shipbuilder's Handbook: An encyclopedia of the names of parts, tools, operations, trades, abbreviations, etc., used in the building of steel ships
Author: B.S. in C.E. C. W. Cook, M.A.
Publisher: Longmans, Green and Co., New York
Published: 1918
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Edition: 1st edition
Number of Pages: 123
Catalogs: Engineering, Mechanical, Vintage Technical
Description: First edition, second printing. Original black flexi-bound cloth cover with faded gilt lettering on cover and spine. Ownership information on flyleaf. Well cared-for, no known marginalia. Four fold-out diagrams: longitudinal diagram of upper deck plan of a typical steel cargo vessel, mid-ship section, stern frame, propeller & rudder, and typical bulkhead. A project of the WWI war effort, the book contains information designed to help workmen in shipyards in the U.S. and Canada understand their work better, to speed up the program of the Emergency Fleet Corporation of the U.S. Shipping Board. Hardcover. Condition: very good. 123 pages, excluding fold-out diagrams, 16mo.