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 | #565502 in Books |  2010-02-02 |  2010-02-02 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  .36 x2.23 x5.55l,2.20 | File Name: 0851779727 | 744 pages

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||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Splendid for 19th Century (and earlier) British Navy terms|By Ancient Bookworm|A splendid source of definitions of words used in the BRITISH Navy in the 19th Century and earlier. Book itself is excellently made to last, a 744-page paperback that opens easily and seems very sturdy. My only criticism is that the author seems a little delicate-minded. In his 17 lines of definiti|About the Author||William Henry Smyth (1788-1865) devoted most of his naval career to surveying, and the results, often carried out in collaboration with French, Austrian and Neapolitan surveyors, were highly acclaimed. He was a Fellow and, later, President (18