An universal dictionary of the marine : Or, a copious explanation of the technical terms and phrases employed in the construction, equipment, ... movements, and military operations of a ship

An universal dictionary of the marine : Or, a copious explanation of the technical terms and phrases employed in the construction, equipment, ... movements, and military operations of a ship

The following work has engaged my utmost application for fome years. Several performances on the fame subject have already appeared; as Sir H. Manwaring's Seaman's Dictionary\ Bottler's Sea Dialogues \ Guillet's Gentleman s Dictionary and Blanckley's Naval Repository &c. Far from exhibiting an enlarged and comprehensive view of naval affairs, thefe productions are extremely imperfect, according to the very circumscribed plan which their authors have adopted. There are besides, the Dictionnaire de Marine of M. Aubin, published in Holland; and that of M. Saverien, published in France. There are indeed voluminous, but very deficient in the more necessary articles. Besides a circumstantial detail of the local economy of different marine departments, they are fuelled out with astronomy, navigation, hydrography, natural history, all of which are abundantly better treated in ether compositions.

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AN UNIVERSAL DICTIONARY OF THE MARINE.

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TRANSLATION OF FRENCH SEA-TERMS AND PHRASES