The Ship Author:Isaac Taylor Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: INDEX. A. Abaft .... Admirals, ranks of. .. Aft, explanation of the term Alfred, King, ship in the time of ... Alfred's navy Algiers bombarded . Anch... more »ors of the ancients use of size of . Ancient Egyptian boat ships . Antonine, medal of Ararat, Mount . Archimedes, ship built by for the King of Syracuse Argonauts . Arion and his Dolphin Armada of Spain . B. Barges, or Lighters Baron of Renfrew, the Page Page Begging Sailors 70 167 Boats 42 165 Egyptian . 50, 52 167 Bolton, Mr. his improvements e in steam-engines . 191 78 Bolt-rope 154 77 Bomb-ketch 103 106 Bomb- shells . 103 00 Bow-lines 162 61 Bowsprit . . . 147 161 Brig .... 126 50 British Fleet . 113 ib. Broncas, Mr. his speculations 54 on the use of steam 190 27 Bucentaur 136 r Building on Stocks . 173 72 ; krt Tirtni, I 7fi 1 / O 20 Buoys .... 200 53 91 C. Cabins . . 144, 145, 153 Cables .... 161 116 Canal Boats 130 1OQ . firen A Page Cannon Balls . . .103 Canoes ... 35 Canute's Navy . . 80 Capsizing ... 40 Capstan .... 159 Carracks ... 129 Carthaginian War-galley 64 Cat-heads ... 160 Ctesar's Invasion . 75, 107 Chain Pumps . . .161 Chain-wales, or Channels 151 Chinese Junks . . 45 Clew-lines . . .162 Coal Barges . . 130 Colours . . . .163 Columbus, the . . 197 Constantine the Great, medal of .... 54 Coracles . . .37, 75 Corvus of the Romans . 68 Crusades . ... 87 Cutters . . 99, 117 D, Daedalus, inventor of the sail 44 Decks . . . 143, 158 Deluge .... 23 Demetrius, Grecian Medal of 53 Dogger . . . .128 Page Dolphins, fictions of 53 Double Canoes . . 37 Drawings for Ship-building 171 E. East-Indiaman . . 128 Eddystone Lighthouse . 204 ...« less