Works Published by Horace Cox, 



Yacht Architecture. 



By DIXON KEMP, Associate of the Institute of Naval 

 Architects and Member of the Council. This work 

 enters into the whole subject of the laws which govern 

 the resistance of bodies moving in water, and the 

 influence a wave form of body and wave lines have 

 upon such resistance. It also deals comprehensively 

 with the subject of Steam Propulsion as applied to 

 yachts. An easy System for Designing is provided, 

 and every necessary calculation is explained in detail. 

 The latter part of the work is devoted to Yacht 

 Building, and engravings are given of every detail 

 of construction and fitting, including laying off, 

 taking bevels, &c. The List of Plates (exclusive of 

 over thirty devoted to the elucidation of the text, and 

 nearly two hundred woodcuts) exceeds fifty, and com- 

 prise the Lines of some of the most celebrated Yachts 

 afloat by the most successful builders and designers. 

 SECOND EDITION. Super-royal 8vo., price 2 2s., by 

 post 2 33. 



OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. 



'** Mr. Horace Cox, London, has published a new edition of Mr. Dixon Kemp's treatise on 



* Yacht Architecture.' The book, which is an admirable exposition of the whole science and art 

 of designing and building yachts, has been revised, partly re-written, and much enlarged in this 

 edition. No small part of the new matter consists of new diagrams and plates. The work has from 

 the first been exceptionally rich in this practical help to builders. It now contains probably the 

 miost complete collection of designs of this kind that have been brought together into a book. 

 The text takes notice of all recent improvements in building and of new developments in the 

 scientific theories of propulsion by steam and sail. The new edition, on the whole, will keep the 

 book in its place as an indispensable work of reference and instruction for builders." The Scotsman, 

 April 20, 1891. 



"One great merit in the second edition of Mr. Kemp's 'Yacht Architecture' is that it is in 

 every part written up i o time. The chapter on stability is in every_ respect highly satisfactory, 

 technical enough to satisfy the specialist, and yet plain enough to inform th^; msn of ordinary 

 intelligence. So also in regard to centre-boards. When the first edition was published, few 

 English yachtsmen knew or cared as to what was meant by the term; but the racing for the 



* America' Cup, and especially the running of the Thistle with the Volunteer in the autumn of 

 1887, has created quite a new interest in centre-boards, and the subject is discussed in this edition in 

 a manner at once simple and lucid. The chapters devoted to steam yachts are among the most 

 satisfactory in the book." Daily Graphic, April 29, 1891. 



"'Yacht Architecture,' by Mr. Dixon Kemp, has been re-issued from the Field office, partly 



re-written, revised, and enlarged A series of new plates of the lines of the most modern craft 



take the place of those accompanying the first edition of the work. By means of these illustrations 

 the respective British and American types of yachts may be compared, and the amateur may learn 

 the practice of the best builders upon both sides of the Atlantic." Daily Telegraph, May 19, 1891. 



A handsome and portly volume, which ought to find a place in the library of every yachtsman." 

 Glasgow Herald, April 23, 1891. 



" Mr. Dixon Kemp's volume supplies yachtsmen with every possible information in a plain 

 -practical manner, and, furthermore, to the most experienced theorist it will be found of almost 

 constant use for reference in both theoretical and practical knowledge." Irish Times, April 28, 1891. 



"Field" Office, Windsor House, Bream's Buildings, E.G. 



