Measurement of Tonnage

Bibliography
[Tonnage Measurement] (1627) from Oppenheim's A History of the Administration of the Royal Navy, 1896.
(On the number of lasts of different ships). From Witsen: Aeloude en hedendaegsche scheeps-bouw en bestier, 1671. [In Dutch]
Concerning Measuring of Ships from The Sea-Man's Vade Mecum, 1707.
(The Shipwrights Hall Rule) from Sutherland: The Ship-Builders Assistant, 1711.
Measurement of Tonnage (1747) from George Moorsom: A Brief Review and Analysis of the Laws for the Admeasurement fo Tonnage, etc., 1852.
Extract of the King's Order Respecting the Measuring of Ships, 1778.
Of Finding the Tonnage or Burthen of Ships &c. from Steel's The Shipwright's Vade-Mecum, 1805.
Rules by Mr. Parkyns, Late of His Majesty's Yard, Chatham from Steel's The Shipwright's Vade-Mecum, 1805.
Tonnage of Ships of War from Derrick's Memoirs of the Rise and Progress of the Royal Navy, 1806.
Steel: RULE for ascertaining the TONNAGE and BURTHEN of SHIPS, 1817.
Tonnage from Fincham Outline of Ship-Building, 1852.
On tonnage I from Peake's The Elementary Principles of Naval Architecture, 1867.
On tonnage II from Peake's The Elementary Principles of Naval Architecture, 1867.

Updated 2005-01-22 by Lars Bruzelius