Excerpt from Sails and Sailmaking: With Draughting, and the Centre of Effort of the Sails, Also, Weights and Sizes of Ropes, Masting, Rigging, and Sails of Steam Vessels, EtcTee Author is much gratified by the favourable reception which has been accorded to previous editions of his work, and by the sale of the last edition in so short a time. With an earnest desire to render each new edition more deserving of such public patronage.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.