Audels Shipfitter's Handy Book for Loftsmen

Audels Shipfitter's Handy Book for Loftsmen, Welders, Riveters, Anglesmiths, Flange Turners and All Ship Mechanics by Ralph Newstead. Published by Theo Audel & Co, NY, 1940. 1st Edition. Softbound. Size 16mo. Condition: Fine. Soft boards covered with brown canvas, all in excellent condition. A practical treatise on steel ship building and repairing. With illustrations showing current (1940) practice. Illustrations include charts, drawings and photographs. Contents include: descriptive parts of a steel ship; marine & shipbuilding terms; a shipfitter's duties; the mold loft; from the loft room to the hull; mensuration; plan reading; templates; terms & abbreviations; repairing templates; loft work; liners; laying out; lifting; rivets and riveting; and electrical and gas welding. 252 Pgs. Description text copyright 2007 www.BooksForComfort.com. Item ID 13640.