MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS. 



EXTRACT FROM STALKARTT'S NAVAL ARCHITECTURE. 



[Naval Architecture, or the Rudiments and Rules of Ship Building. Exem- 

 plified in a Series of Draughts and Plans, with Observations extending to the 

 further Improvement of that important Art. Dedicated by permission to his 

 Majesty, by Marmaduke Stalkartt. London : Printed for the Author and sold 

 by J. Boydell, Cheapside, J. Dodsley, Pall Mall, and J. Sewell, Cornhill. 1781. 

 folio, pp. 231.] 



BOOK VIL — INTRODUCTION. 



Since the former part of the treatise has been in the 

 press, a gentleman, whose eminent talents have called 

 him into the service of government in one of its im- 

 portant offices, has communicated to me his studies 

 and ideas on that subject, in the construction of the 

 draught hereto annexed : they are so similar to my 

 own, and tend so much to corroborate the doctrine 

 which I have laid down, that I thankfully embrace the 

 liberty he has given me of inserting it, and consider 

 myself as fortunate in the acquisition, since to the 

 philosophical conclusions of Mr. Thompson there is 

 joined the practical experience of some of the most 

 distinguished artists in the kingdom. The warm ap- 

 probation which it has received from these gentlemen, 

 as well as from some of the oldest and best officers in 

 the navy, cannot fail of giving confidence to the student, 

 and of recommending the principle to the attention of 

 the state, by which, it is humbly hoped, it will be 

 reduced to the test of experiment. 



