@article{528700,
      recid = {528700},
      author = {Sutherland, William.},
      title = {The ship-Builder's assistant or, marine architecture.  Containing I. Decimals, the Extraction of the Square and  Cube Roots, also Geometry and Mensuration: With Rules for  finding the Content of Plank and Timber, also the Tunnage  of Ships, illustrated by proper Examples. II. Observations  on the nature and value of timber, and how to procure it in  the necessary Forms for Shipbuilding. III. The methods of  drawing plans of ships, and moulding their Timbers; with  the practical Rules to be observed in building the Hulls of  different Ships: To which is added, the Scantling or  Dimension of Ships Timbers. IV. Directions for making masts  and yards in just proportion to the ship, and to each  other. Also Tables of the Weights and Sizes of Anchors and  Cables, according to the New Establishment. V. The  boatswains art: Shewing the Method of finding the Length  and Thickness of every Rope. Also Cable and Cordage Tables,  shewing by Inspection the Weight of any Rope. With  Directions for Cutting out Sails. The whole revised,  corrected, and illustrated with many copper-plates. By  William Sutherland, Shipwright and Mariner. [electronic  resource] :},
      publisher = {printed for Mount and Page, on Tower Hill,},
      address = {London :},
      pages = {iv,156p.,vi plates ;},
      year = {1784},
      note = {Reproduction of original from British Library.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/528700},
}