Mechanical and marine engineering science ... Specially written as a handbook to the Board of Trade examinations for extra-first-class engineers
A 1909 Glasgow handbook by A. N. Somerscales preparing marine engineers for the Board of Trade extra-first-class examinations, covering mechanics and naval architecture. The plates are line diagrams: deflected beams with radius arcs and load arrows, a hull section heeled against a waterline, force triangles and vector arrays, all labelled with letters and numbered figure captions.
