Anchors. An Illustrated History

Anchors. An Illustrated History
Autor:NELSON CURRYER, Betty
Páginas:160 págs. págs.
Fecha:1999
Precio:30,00 €

Anchors and their use. The earliest forms: Stone anchors; Killicks. Graeco-Romans anchors. Roman anchors. Medieval anchors. Anchors of the 16th and 17th centuries. Continental anchors. The Old Admiralty Longshank anchor. The cnstruction of anchors. Anchor designers of the 19th century: Ror stocks. The stockless anchor: Hawkins and Martin patterns, The Triumph of the stockless anchor. High holding power anchors. Single-fluke and mooring anc