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Excerpt from Yacht Architecture: A Treatise on the Laws Which Govern the Resistance of Bodies Moving in Water, Propulsion by Steam and Sail; Yacht Designing; And Yacht Building IN publishing the first edition of Yacht Architecture in 1885 I was able to state that the knowledge of the scientific principle on which yacht designing is based had been considerably extended since the publication of my large work entitled Yacht Designing in 1876. This can also be said of the period between 1885 and 1897, and no doubt the present generation of yachtsmen and those interested in yachts have a much more exact knowledge of the science Of Naval Architecture than their predecessors had, owing to their having studied the numerous works publish ed on the subject. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.