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| | The Maritime Heritage Project: Gold Rush Books, 19th Century Reading, Uncle Tom's Cabin, Mark Twain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) |
 | | He describes the main types of steam and sailing vessels; wooden and iron hulls; propulsion machinery; anchors and related equipment; masts and spars; standing and running rigging, as well as sails, tackle, blocks, ropes and knots, bends, hitches and splices. |
 | | The text includes a precise explanation of the principlies of rigging, the effect of wind on sails, the use of a compass, and other practical matters of sailing the open ocean. |
 | | He built several full-scale, practical replicas of sailing ships of the 18th and 19th centuries and began collecting maritime books as reference sources. |
| www.maritimeheritage.org /books.htm (3630 words) |
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