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The ship builder's assistant,, or marine architecture: (Revised and improved) Containing I. The method of extracting the square and cube roots, geometry and mensuration; ... II. Observations on the nature and value of timber; ... The whole illustrated with a great variety of figures and draughts, engraven on copper plates

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: 1794.
Call number: 359616
Creator: Sutherland, William (approximately 1685-1740)(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: (4to)
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