On Naval Timber and Arboriculture With Critical Notes on Authors who have Recently Treated the Subject of Planting

PART I.—STRUCTURE OF VESSELS.

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SECTION I.—PLANK.

Figure, dimensions, and quality of timber suitable, . . . 5

British trees suited for plank, . . . 7

Directions for training and pruning plank timber, . . . 8

SECTION II.—TIMBERS, . . . 14

Most suitable dimensions, . . . 18

Figures of bends and crooks, . . . 19

British trees suited for timbers, . . . 21