Excerpt from The Naval Architect's and Shipbuilder's Pocket-Book of Formulae, Rules, and Tables, and Marine Engineer's and Surveyor's Handy Book of Reference The rapid continued sale of successive editions has encouraged the Author to venture upon a thorough revision of the work for the present edition, and to take the Opportunity of introducing in various sections the latest particulars of information and the latest and most approved data for, working out the ever-varying problems with which the Naval Architect and Ship builder is daily confronted. In the result, the pocket-book will be found now further enlarged by about fifty pages of additional matter of the first importance. A large number of new illustrations, also, specially drawn and engraved for the work, appear in the present edition. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.