“To compress the history of the development of the sailing vessel from the rude dug-out of prehistoric Nile explorers to the iron clippers of to-day into some three hundred pages is a feat of which Mr. Chatterton may well be proud.”—Naval and Military Record.
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Transcriber’s Notes
Inconsistencies in spelling, hyphenation, formatting, etc. have been retained, except as mentioned below. French and German accents have not been changed or added unless listed below. The inconsistent and unusual use of units (knots for both distance and speed, yards for both length and area, etc.) is as in the source document.
List of Illustrations: numbers 128 (Cartagena Dock) and 129 (Baikal) are in reverse order in the list compared to the text. This has not been rectified so as to not mix up the photo credits. Some other discrepancies between the list and the captions have been rectified, as mentioned below.
Page 147, table: the contradicting units (feet, inches) are as printed in the source document.
Page 229, ... the ‘three grand requirements (of marine engines): the closing quote mark is lacking.
Page 361 (and Index), ... the powerful Dutch tugs Roodezee and Zwartezee ...: they were called the Roode Zee and the Zwarte Zee.