[Rarebooks] fs: Building steel ships...1912
Back Creek Books
rock at backcreekbooks.com
Tue Jun 23 07:18:10 EDT 2009
Greetings Booklovers,
We are pleased to offer:
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(No. 10605 ) Bureau Veritas, International Register of Shipping. RULES AND
REGULATIONS FOR THE BUILDING AND CLASSIFICATION OF STEEL VESSELS, YEAR 1912.
Paris: Bureau Veritas, [1912]. Quarter cloth, Square quarto, xxxii, 287
pages, tables and diagrams. Very Good.
Detailed compilation of shipbuilding standards as of 1912. Includes
rules for the construction of steel vessels, rules for the construction of
vessels intended to carry oil in bulk, regulations as to the quality and
tests of materials, and much more. Of course 1912 is a significant year
because it is the year the Titanic was lost, and this contemporary reference
contains relevant and detailed information. There are 4 tables on
specifications for rivets and riveting, for example, and another 4 tables on
specifications for watertight bulkheads. Bound in tan paper over boards with
cloth spine, blue endpapers. Upper board printed in black. Some soil to
exterior, rubs to extremities, short tear to cloth at lower edge of upper
board. Oval stamp of Bureau Veritas New York on front free endpaper. Nice
copy....... $150.00
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Rock
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