Naval Science: A Quarterly Magazine for Promoting the Improvement of Naval Architecture, Marine Engineering, Steam Navigation, and Seamanship, Volume 1Sir Edward James Reed, Joseph Woolley Lockwood and Company, 1872 - Naval art and science |
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