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The Lore of Ships, av E Cagner (redaktör)
“The Lore of Ships is a distinguished work which comes out of the international co-operation between maritime specialists in Sweden, the United States, Denmark, Finland, Great Britain, Holland, Norway, and Germany. This magnificent volume explains and illustrates all of the significant components of sailing ships, merchantmen, liners - every kind of ship from primitive dugouts to the nuclear warships of the present. It contains more than 1,550 illustrations of diverse nautical details - more than any previous work - in the form of drawings printed in a total of seventeen different colours, including gold.
The 11 sections of the book cover:
Introduction; Hull; Spars and Riggings; The Sail; Propulsion; Fishing; Yachting; Gunnery; Navigation; Ship-Handling and Index. Each section starts with an introduction on the subject. Then, as listed on the contents page, more detailed illustrations follow within each section.
Each section has drawings and illustrations, no photos. The crisp, clean, drawings have well identified callouts and labels. Their presentation gives an authoritative look and feel to the individual illustrations. While you will find some details in the identifying text, the book does not have a tremendous amount of written information. Additionally, while the list of sources contains a lot of named material, the book does not tie specific information to the details in the drawings. For example: National Geographic shows as a reference, but no specific edition or articles are cited. I’d suggest additional cross reference material be used depending on your research purpose.
If the item you research has some connection to ships and things nautical, you will likely find it here. Wooden sailing ships to steel hulled ships; sails to steam engines; compass roses to sextants; cannon balls to rockets; they are all here. Even objects like signal flags, clothing, navigation and food objects show up in the book.
This book does not provide details on any specific ship or boat. In a few instances, the name or type of a ship and maybe an era are identified. However, this book allows you look at minute details of general use and interest. You can glean a lot of information from studying the illustrations.
I use this book as my ‘go to’ to look for an object. After finding the object or item, you can easily see similar, related items. For example, you look up ‘Tackles and blocks.’ On the same page (p. 123) you can see the relative increase in power from a single whip to a three by four tackle. So, again, general information on various blocks but, in this case, no specifics on when or where a block might be used.
That vast number of illustrations has its drawbacks. I find that as I look for some specific item, I get drawn down a rabbit’s warren. I can easily spend time just turning pages and looking at other objects and illustrations. However, the excursion provides an enjoyable journey and may show you some things you did not know.
I think this book serves as a good general resource and starting point for researching details on what an object looks like. It is a matter of a picture being worth 1000 words. You will probably find that looking for a term or object in the Index faster than trying to find something looking through the Contents.”
Den inbundna boken (linneklotband) med förlagets dekorerade och reliefpräglade pärmar helt ny och i nyskick. Den är mycket rikligt illustrerad med fantastiska, detaljerade reproduktioner i färg och svartvitt.
Här kommer detaljerna:
Höjd/bredd ca 305/280 mm
Ryggbredd ca 35 mm
Vikt ca 1930 gram
Sidantal 279
Redaktör E Cagner
Förlag Crescent Books by arrangement with Tre Tryckare AB
Språk svenska
Utgivningsår 1972
Porto: Billigaste porto som jag kan hitta blir i ett registrerat paket med Schenker som kostar 78 kr. Boken kommer att bli mycket väl emballerad. Tänk på att det normalt tar ca 1-3 arbetsdagar för ett paket med Schenker inom landet! Sampackar gärna om du vinner flera auktioner.
Betalning: VÄNLIGEN BETALA INOM 2 DYGN EFTER AVSLUTAD AUKTION!
“The Lore of Ships is a distinguished work which comes out of the international co-operation between maritime specialists in Sweden, the United States, Denmark, Finland, Great Britain, Holland, Norway, and Germany. This magnificent volume explains and illustrates all of the significant components of sailing ships, merchantmen, liners - every kind of ship from primitive dugouts to the nuclear warships of the present. It contains more than 1,550 illustrations of diverse nautical details - more than any previous work - in the form of drawings printed in a total of seventeen different colours, including gold.
The 11 sections of the book cover:
Introduction; Hull; Spars and Riggings; The Sail; Propulsion; Fishing; Yachting; Gunnery; Navigation; Ship-Handling and Index. Each section starts with an introduction on the subject. Then, as listed on the contents page, more detailed illustrations follow within each section.
Each section has drawings and illustrations, no photos. The crisp, clean, drawings have well identified callouts and labels. Their presentation gives an authoritative look and feel to the individual illustrations. While you will find some details in the identifying text, the book does not have a tremendous amount of written information. Additionally, while the list of sources contains a lot of named material, the book does not tie specific information to the details in the drawings. For example: National Geographic shows as a reference, but no specific edition or articles are cited. I’d suggest additional cross reference material be used depending on your research purpose.
If the item you research has some connection to ships and things nautical, you will likely find it here. Wooden sailing ships to steel hulled ships; sails to steam engines; compass roses to sextants; cannon balls to rockets; they are all here. Even objects like signal flags, clothing, navigation and food objects show up in the book.
This book does not provide details on any specific ship or boat. In a few instances, the name or type of a ship and maybe an era are identified. However, this book allows you look at minute details of general use and interest. You can glean a lot of information from studying the illustrations.
I use this book as my ‘go to’ to look for an object. After finding the object or item, you can easily see similar, related items. For example, you look up ‘Tackles and blocks.’ On the same page (p. 123) you can see the relative increase in power from a single whip to a three by four tackle. So, again, general information on various blocks but, in this case, no specifics on when or where a block might be used.
That vast number of illustrations has its drawbacks. I find that as I look for some specific item, I get drawn down a rabbit’s warren. I can easily spend time just turning pages and looking at other objects and illustrations. However, the excursion provides an enjoyable journey and may show you some things you did not know.
I think this book serves as a good general resource and starting point for researching details on what an object looks like. It is a matter of a picture being worth 1000 words. You will probably find that looking for a term or object in the Index faster than trying to find something looking through the Contents.”
Den inbundna boken (linneklotband) med förlagets dekorerade och reliefpräglade pärmar helt ny och i nyskick. Den är mycket rikligt illustrerad med fantastiska, detaljerade reproduktioner i färg och svartvitt.
Här kommer detaljerna:
Höjd/bredd ca 305/280 mm
Ryggbredd ca 35 mm
Vikt ca 1930 gram
Sidantal 279
Redaktör E Cagner
Förlag Crescent Books by arrangement with Tre Tryckare AB
Språk svenska
Utgivningsår 1972
Porto: Billigaste porto som jag kan hitta blir i ett registrerat paket med Schenker som kostar 78 kr. Boken kommer att bli mycket väl emballerad. Tänk på att det normalt tar ca 1-3 arbetsdagar för ett paket med Schenker inom landet! Sampackar gärna om du vinner flera auktioner.
Betalning: VÄNLIGEN BETALA INOM 2 DYGN EFTER AVSLUTAD AUKTION!
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