A scheme of learning propos'd to be taught in the Royal Schole for the real improvement and advancement of useful navigation, humbly submitted, &c. That from its candid, and beneficial intention, this great and good work may deserve the encouragement of this honorable House.

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Title: A scheme of learning propos'd to be taught in the Royal Schole for the real improvement and advancement of useful navigation, humbly submitted, &c. That from its candid, and beneficial intention, this great and good work may deserve the encouragement of this honorable House.
Author: Maidwell, Lewis, 1650-1715.
Publication: [London :: s.n.,; 1700?]
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Subject terms: Education -- Early works to 1800.; Navigation -- Early works to 1800.
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19. Architecture, Civil and Naval.

The Art of Building Well: That is, with Respect to Duration, Regula∣rity, and Commodiousness. This consists very much in assigning to each Member of an Aedifice, a Just Proportion and Bigness, together with a pro∣per Disposition or Placing all the Parts thereof according to their Uses, and Appointments. And these Qualifications are no where more needful to be understood and heeded, than in Building Ships of War: Because in them, The Men, Provisions, Stores, Good Properties for Fighting, Working in a Storm, &c. shou'd rather Find, than Seek Accommodation.