OBSERVATIONS ON THOMAS'S NAVAL ARCHITECTURE, DESCRIBED IN THE ANNEXED SPECIFICATION. ADDRESSED TO INSURANCE COMPANIES AND MERCHANTS [wrapper title
1825 · New York
by Sullivan, John L
New York: Clayton & Van Norden, Printers, 1825. 22,[1]pp. Original printed wrappers bound into modern brown cloth. Occasional fox mark, else a clean, crisp copy. Very good. A description of John Thomas' patents for various inventions and improvements in ship building. "American ships already excel those of other nations in elegance; and from competition in commerce, it is becoming of great consequence that they should not only be in elegant symmetry, and sail with speed, but carry well, and last long." Rink locates only a single copy, at the American Philosophical Society. RINK 3553a (Inventory #: WRCAM27583)