Biles, were originally trained for the Admiralty service, but quitted it for appointments in private establishments. The Admiralty had previously established schools of naval architecture, mainly for the purpose of training their own shipbuilding officers, and it is noteworthy that all the men who have held the Glasgow professorship, the late Dr. John Elder, widow of a celebrated marine engineer, and was the first attempt made in any British university to provide instruction in the science and practice of shipbuilding. That professorship was founded about twenty-five years ago by the generosity of Mrs. It embodies details of courses of instruction given to students of naval architecture during the seventeen years the author has occupied the chair of naval architecture in the University of Glasgow. THIS is the first of two volumes dealing with modern methods of procedure used in connection with the design and construction of ships.
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