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Notebook on sailmaking theory and practice.
W Rutter, Sailmaker (ca.1820-40). Notebook on sailmaking theory and practice with sketches and measurements, 1811-1840 (See Appendix)
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Object Details
ID:
SPB/32
Type:
Manuscript
Display location:
Not on display
Date made:
1811 - 1840; 1811-01-01 - 1840-12-31
Credit:
National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Parts:
Shipbuilding (Manuscript)
6th rate account of dimensions. (Manuscript) (SPB/1)
Notebook of Anthony Swymmer. (Manuscript) (SPB/2)
Notes on shipbuilding by John Edye. (Manuscript) (SPB/3)
Table descriptive of the construction of twenty Ships of War. (Manuscript) (SPB/4)
Notebook with Plans, drafts and sketches for the fitting of ships. (Manuscript) (SPB/5)
Notebook on shipbuilding compiled by J. Waymouth. (Manuscript) (SPB/6)
Notebook compiled by C V Penrose. (Manuscript) (SPB/7)
Contracts for building of ships - T. Fagge. (Manuscript) (SPB/8)
Shipbuilding contracts undertaken by Adams of Bucklers Hard. (Manuscript) (SPB/9)
Construction of steam vessels by Robertson Buchanan. (Manuscript) (SPB/10)
Notes on Brunel's block machinery. (Manuscript) (SPB/11)
'The Canoes of Oceania' by A.C. Haddon and James Hornell. (Manuscript) (SPB/12/1-3)
Notebook on proportion of masts etc used by French shipwright. (Manuscript) (SPB/13)
Notes on building ships of the line compiled by chief shipwright of Rochefort. (Manuscript) (SPB/14)
Commonplace book notes on shipbuilding by Captain Edward Rotheram. (Manuscript) (SPB/15)
Sir William Petty's proposal for a double bottomed ship. (Manuscript) (SPB/16)
Notes on shipbuilding, compiled by Le Sieur Debenat. (Manuscript) (SPB/17)
Notes and drawings of Mediterranean Shipping. (Manuscript) (SPB/18)
Two daybooks from the sailmaking firm of J. Morice & Co, Liverpool. (Manuscript) (SPB/19)
Notes on ship construction compiled by William Wilkins, apprentice to John Ward, Chatham. (Manuscript) (SPB/20)
Experimental trials of frigates INCONSTANT, PIQUE, CASTOR and other ships. (Manuscript) (SPB/21)
Experimental trials of brigs under the command of Captain A.L. Corry. (Manuscript) (SPB/22)
Trials of steam vessels, notebook of John Oliver. (Manuscript) (SPB/23)
Observations of the yacht DAWN. (Manuscript) (SPB/24)
Indigenous craft visiting Bombay Harbour. (Manuscript) (SPB/25)
Unfinished copy of the 'Album de Colbert'. (Manuscript) (SPB/26)
Contract book of John Perry & Company Shipbuilders, Blackwall. (Manuscript) (SPB/27)
Shipbuilding Method of building, rigging apparelling and furnishing HM Ships of war. (Manuscript) (SPB/28)
Copies of contracts by John Weymouth, made with John King of Upnor, Kent. (Manuscript) (SPB/29)
Construction of a galley ca.1685. (Manuscript) (SPB/30)
Shipwright's notebook, chiefly on working of timber. (Manuscript) (SPB/31)
Notebook on sailmaking theory and practice. (Manuscript) (SPB/32)
Bentinck, Captain John (1738-75) scheme book. (Manuscript) (SPB/33)
Daily issue book of a merchant yard. (Manuscript) (SPB/34)
Indentures HMTS MONARCH, HMTS ALERT. (Manuscript) (SPB/35)
'Some Notes on Warship Building..' complied by Bernard Pool. (Manuscript) (SPB/36/A-B)
Mastmaker's notebook, inside front cover, signed Richard Reynolds, 30 September 1785 (Manuscript) (SPB/37/B)
List of drawings for marine and land engines, GN Rennie's albion Iron Works. (Manuscript) (SPB/38)
Hull specification for the steel screw steamer EMPIRE RECORD. (Manuscript) (SPB/39)
Shipwright's course notebook, L A J King. (Manuscript) (SPB/40)
Technical description, plans and instructions for the battleship SMS BADEN. (Manuscript) (SPB/41/1-3)
Sketches and dimensions of masts and spars of the four-masted topsail schooner RIMAC. (Manuscript) (SPB/42)
Sketches and dimensions of masts and spars of the full-rigged ship YOLA. (Manuscript) (SPB/43)
Journal of repairs carried out on HMS HERMIONE at Devonport Dockyard. (Manuscript) (SPB/44)
Private account book and sketchbook by Kelsick Wood. (Manuscript) (SPB/45/1-2)
Notebook containing copies of accountsof Barnard and Roberts of Deptford. (Manuscript) (SPB/46)
Memorandum book of John Perry of the Blackwall Yard. (Manuscript) (SPB/47)
Volumes holding details of sails manufactured and supplied by Calders of Leith. (Manuscript) (SPB/48)
Returned to owner (Manuscript) (SPB/49)
William Sutherland - ship design and hydro-dynamics. (Manuscript) (SPB/50)
Marchwood Park Training Centre. (Manuscript) (SPB/51)
Draughts of Ordnance and Ships’ Equipment, 1860 (Manuscript) (SPB/52)
Ship construction contracts and sale documents for HMS BELLEISLE (1876) and HMS ORION (1879) (Manuscript) (SPB/53)
Notebook of William Carson, shipyard draughtsman, 1889. (Manuscript) (SPB/54)
A handwritten and illustrated volume on naval terms entitled, 'A Naval Expositor', by Thomas Riley Blanckley. (Manuscript) (SPB/55)
Technical drawings of ships and figure heads by Edward Prentis Henslow. (Manuscript) (SPB/56)
Specifications of Mr John Poad Drake for the improvements in building ships, steam vessels and boats. (Manuscript) (SPB/57)
A report on the state of British shipbuilding in French. (Manuscript) (SPB/58)
Notebook of naval shipwright apprentice C.E. Clews. (Manuscript) (SPB/59)
Guide to shipbuilding by Scarborough shipwright James Maw. (Manuscript) (SPB/60)
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