Author: INSTITUTION OF NAVAL ARCHITECTS
Title: Transactions of the Institution of Naval Architects. Volume 83. R. LEO PAYNE'S COPY
Description: Institution of Naval Architects,, 1941. Sm. folio, First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece in photogravure (original tissue guard present), 5 plates, 4 obituary portraits and very numerous illustrations and diagrams in the text; original navy blue cloth, upper board elaborately blocked and lettered in gilt and blind, gilt back, yellow endpapers, a near fine copy. THIS COPY WAS FORMERLY IN THE LIBRARY OF R. LEO PAYNE, MEMBER OF THE INSTITUTION OF NAVAL ARCHITECTS, AND BEARS HIS HOLOGRAPH SIGNATURE ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. Major papers include Baker & Baker: The Effective Wave-Slope; Hughes: Model Experiments on Twin-Screw Propulsion (III); Emerson: The Effect of Shape of Bow on Ship Resistance (III); Kari: Components of Propulsive Efficiency and their Variation; Gawn: Historical Notes on Investigations at the Admiralty Experimental Works, Torquay; Narbeth: A Naval Architect's Practical Experiences in the Behaviour of Ships.

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