Author: Chapman
Title: Tractat Om Skepps-Byggeriet : Tillika Med Förklaring Och Bevis öfvfr [That Is, öfver] Architectura Navalis Mercatoria &C
Description: Stickholm, Johan Pfeiffer, 1775. Leather bound. 3/4 leather with speckled boards, 6 raised bands with gilt tooling and applied red leather label in second compartment. [16], 245, [3] pages or Errata, [24] leaves of plates (some folded) comprised of 16 engravings and 8 mathematical tables. Vignette on ttle-page. Text is in Swedish. Chapman (born 1721 died 1808) was a student, shipbuilder, vice admiral. He is remembered as Sweden's first great ship designer who made shipbuilding a science. Chapman began his theoretical studies in Stockholm and continued his education in London, where he became an apprentice to Professor Thomas Simpson, who was known for his surface and volume calculations of curved bodies In 1750. After a total of seven years of study in England, France and the Netherlands, Chapman returned to Sweden in 1757. Between 1782 and 1785, ten ships of the line and ten frigates were completed, all built according to Chapman's drawings. In 1783, he was made admiral of the shipyards and in 1791, admiral of the vice admiral. During his active life, Chapman published several well-worked treatises and board work. This is his most famous work, the epoch-making work Architectura Navalis Mercatoria published in 1775. Contents as follows: Om vattuhålans utråknande för skepp eller deras deplacement, och om centrum gravitatis eller tyngde-puncten uti vattuhålan -- Om et skepps styfhet at emotstå krängning -- Om centrum gravitatis i sielsva skeppet -- Om de motstånd, som skeppet i dess framfart lider af battnet -- Om seglens värknings-punct, och deras moment omkring skeppets centrum gravitatis -- Om skeppens dimensioner och skapnad -- Om kapare-fartygens proportionerande -- Om rundhultens proportionerande uppå handels-skepp -- O åtskilligt, som tilhörer den practiska delen af skepps-byggeriet -- Om skeppens lof-girighet -- Om skeppens mätning och lastande med därtil hörande nödiga underrättelser; jämte annat mera som är angelägit at veta, dä skepp skola provianteras, för at därefter gjöra inredningarne -- Beskrifning öfver de ritningar, som finnas uti Architectura navalis mercatoria. A nice but not superb copy, with good shelf appeal. Priced accordingly. Good-, outer leather of hinges is cracked on front board, light to moderate dampstaining on a few plates of unknown origin since it is not pervasive.

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