[Rarebooks] fs: Steel Shipbuilding Regs, 1912 (Titanic relevancy)

[Back Creek Books]

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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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