A new and universal dictionary of the marine
Subtitle: being, a copious explanation of the technical terms and phrases usually employed in the construction, equipment, machinery, movements, and military, as well as naval operations of ships: with such parts of astronomy, and navigation, as will be found useful to practical navigators.
By: Illustrated with a variety of modern designs of shipping, &c. together with separate views of the masts, yards, sails, and rigging. To which is annexed, a vocabulary of French sea-phrases and terms of art, collected from the best authorities. Originally comp. by William Falconer ... now modernized and much enl. by William Burney.
Contributors: Burney, William, 1762-1832, ed.
Publisher: T. Cadell [etc.]
Published: 1830
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 707
Subjects: Naval art and science -- Dictionaries -- Early works to 1800.; Shipbuilding -- Dictionaries -- Early works to 1800.; English language -- Terms and phrases -- Early works to 1800.; French language -- Dictionaries -- English -- Early works to 1800.
Genres: Early works to 1800.; Dictionaries
Notes: First pub. in 1769 under title: An universal dictionary of the marine.