by Robert Kipping, Naval Architect
Kipping, (along with S.B. Sadler,) was one of the most respected sail designers of his day. From the Table of Contents: On Description and Use of Sails; On Measuring; Rules for Finding the Number of Cloths; On Finding the Quantity of Yards in Sails; On Cutting-Out Sails; General Rules and Instructions for Making Sails; Practical Operations in Sailmaking; On Fore-and-Aft Sails; Masting, Rigging, and Sails of Steam-Vessels; On Boat Sails; On Draughting and Centre of Effort of the Sails; On the Centre of Effort; and an Appendix with numerous explanations of various patent devices. Numerous illustrations. Kippings other title Masting, Mast-Making and Rigging of Ships can also be found here.
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