Shipbuilder's Reference Book 1860 - Shipbuilding - 100 pages Manuscript shipbuilder's drawing book kept by George L. Munro during the approximate period of 1840s - 1860s. The volume was clearly compiled by Munro over a period of years, as a reference work to assist him in his shipbuilding business. It contains accounts for various shipbuilding jobs, ephemeral notes on loose sheets of paper, sketches, lists of materials, rules and formulae of various sorts of timber such as English Oak and American Elm, rules for drafting, laws for admeasurement and essays on stability and speed in design of ships. Several drawings of ships, including watercolor paintings of the "Barque Louisa Munro going into Shields" and "Almirante in Cadiz." |
