Maritime History: What's New 1996

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Chronological

1996-12-07 Shipbuilding:
Prices of Ship Building, by Contract. From the year 1702 to 1805. From the Nautical Chronical, Vol. 18 (1807), pp 285-286.
Lord Stanhope's Improvement in Naval Architecture. From the Nautical Chronical, Vol. 18 (1807), pp 374-375.
1996-12-07 Medicine:
Charles Edmund, surgeon of His Majesty's Ship Russell, tesitimony of the use of Kew Nopal against Scurvy from Nautical Chronical, Vol. 21 (1809), pp 40-41.
The Introduction of Lemon-juice into the Royal Navy. Nautical Chronical, Vol. 18 (1807), pp 386-388.
1996-12-01 Shipbuilding:
John Griffiths' description of The Clipper Ship Stag-Hound, of Boston in the U.S. Nautical Magazine Volume II (1855).
John Griffiths' description of the Clipper Ship Great Republic, of Boston in the U.S. Nautical Magazine Volume II (1855).
John Griffiths' description of The Clipper Ship Nightingale, of Boston in the U.S. Nautical Magazine Volume III (1855-56).
John Griffiths' description of the Clipper Ship Herald of the Morning in the U.S. Nautical Magazine Volume III (1855-56).
John Griffiths' calculations of the Clipper Ship Lightning in the U.S. Nautical Magazine Volume III (1855-56).
1996-12-01 Rigging:
John Griffiths' discussion of The Masts and Spars of the Clipper Ship Lightning in the U.S. Nautical Magazine Volume III (1855-56).
1996-12-01 Maritime History:
John Griffiths' discussion of the Voyage of the Clipper Ship Lightning from England to Australia and Back in the U.S. Nautical Magazine Volume III (1855-56).
1996-11-10 Etymology:
Excerpts from Nicolas Aubin: Dictionnaire de marine 1742.
1996-10-28 Etymology:
Dictionary from William Sutherland's: The Shipbuilder's Assistant, 1740.
1996-09-29 Medicine:
William Burney: Scurvy, from A New Universal Dictionary of the Marine, 1815.
William Burney: Scurvy, from the Appendix to A New Universal Dictionary of the Marine, 1815.
1996-08-31 Biography:
William Hutchinson, (1715-1801), mariner and writer on seamanship.
1996-08-29 Biography:
Admiral Roman Crown (1754-1841), Scottish naval officer in Russian service.
1996-03-05 Bibliography:
The VOC Ship Batavia of 1628, a bibliography.
1996-03-04 Ships:
Five-masted Ships and Barques.
1996-03-03 Shipbuilding:
Taylerson's Diagonal Principle of Iron Ship Building, 1859.
1996-03-02 Medicine:
The Skeletons of the Wasa.
1996-02-27 Ships:
American clipper ships.
British Tea-Clippers.
Fourmasted Barques and Shipos, additional ships described.
Seven-, Six-, and Fivemasted Schooners.
Royal Barges.
1996-02-26 Personnel:
The Duties of Officers and Men.
1996-02-10
Bibliography:

17th Century Maritime and Naval Dictionaries.

Shipbuilding:

Lead sheathing, 1695.

1996-02-01 Bibliography:
Sails and Sailmaking, primary works before 1920, a bibliography.
Sails and Sailmaking, secondary works, a bibliography.
1996-01-04 Rigging:
Concerning the Masts of Ships from The Sea-Man's Vade Mecum, 1707.
1996-01-03 Bibliography:
Figureheads and other ornamental ship carvings, a bibliography.

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Bibliography

1996-03-05
The VOC Ship Batavia of 1628, a bibliography.
1996-02-10
17th Century Maritime and Naval Dictionaries.
1996-02-01
Sails and Sailmaking, primary works before 1920, a bibliography.
Sails and Sailmaking, secondary works, a bibliography.
1996-01-03
Figureheads and other ornamental ship carvings, a bibliography.

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Biography

1996-08-31
William Hutchinson, (1715-1801), mariner and writer on seamanship.
1996-08-29
Roman Crown (1754-1841), Scottish naval officer in Russian service.

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Maritime History

1996-12-01
John Griffiths' discussion of the Voyage of the Clipper Ship Lightning from England to Australia and Back in the U.S. Nautical Magazine Volume III (1855-56).

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Medicine

1996-12-07
Charles Edmund, surgeon of His Majesty's Ship Russell, tesitimony of the use of Kew Nopal against Scurvy from Nautical Chronical, Vol. 21 (1809), pp 40-41.
The Introduction of Lemon-juice into the Royal Navy. Nautical Chronical, Vol. 18 (1807), pp 386-388.
1996-09-29
William Burney: Scurvy, from A New Universal Dictionary of the Marine, 1815.
William Burney: Scurvy, from the Appendix to A New Universal Dictionary of the Marine, 1815.
1996-03-02
The Skeletons of the Wasa.

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Naval History

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Ships

1996-03-04
Five-masted Ships and Barques.
1996-02-27
American clipper ships.
British Tea-Clippers.
Fourmasted Barques and Shipos, additional ships described.
Seven-, Six-, and Fivemasted Schooners.
Royal Barges.

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Shipbuilding

1996-12-07
Prices of Ship Building, by Contract. From the year 1702 to 1805. From the Nautical Chronical, Vol. 18 (1807), pp 285-286.
Lord Stanhope's Improvement in Naval Architecture. From the Nautical Chronical, Vol. 18 (1807), pp 374-375.
1996-12-01
John Griffiths' description of The Clipper Ship Stag-Hound, of Boston in the U.S. Nautical Magazine Volume II (1855).
John Griffiths' description of the Clipper Ship Great Republic, of Boston in the U.S. Nautical Magazine Volume II (1855).
John Griffiths' description of The Clipper Ship Nightingale, of Boston in the U.S. Nautical Magazine Volume III (1855-56).
John Griffiths' description of the Clipper Ship Herald of the Morning in the U.S. Nautical Magazine Volume III (1855-56).
John Griffiths' calculations of the Clipper Ship Lightning in the U.S. Nautical Magazine Volume III (1855-56).
1996-03-03
Taylerson's Diagonal Principle of Iron Ship Building, 1859.
1996-02-10
Lead sheathing, 1695.

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Rigging

1996-12-01
John Griffiths' discussion of Concerning the Masts of Ships from The Sea-Man's Vade Mecum, 1707.

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Seamanship

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Etymology

1996-11-10
Excerpts from Nicolas Aubin: Dictionnaire de marine 1742.
1996-10-28
Dictionary from William Sutherland's: The Shipbuilder's Assistant, 1740.

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