The ship builders' manual : a brief treatise on the modern practice of ship-building, and matters connected therewith : some account of the later improvements introduced by Sir R. Seppings, and others, and of the application of steam to the purpose of navigation : also the method of launching, rules for ascertaining the tonnage, or burden, and for the measurement of timber : lists of arsenals and dock yards : The Shipwrights' Company, &c. &c. &c.