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Mathew Michell, Esq; Capt. John Montagu. Capt. Christopher Middleton. Capt. Jarvis Maplesden. Robert Michell, Esq; M. Mendez, Esq; Lewis Mendez, jun. Esq; Roger Mainwaring, jun. Esq; Butler Morn, Esq; Lieut. John Moore. Lieut. Thomas Morse. Lieut. Henry Moyle. Lieut. Hugh Mackay. Mess. Mount and Page, 6 Books. Mr John Millan, Bookseller, 4 Books. Mr John Major. Mr Henry Major. Mr Charles Massey. Mr Peter Martin. Mr William Morland. Mr Lewis Morris. Mr Samuel More. Mr William Mathews. Mr Richard Maddocks. Mr John Merrifield. Mr Edward May. Mr Thomas Miers. Mr Samuel Milton. Mr Richard Maidman. Mr Milburn Marsh. Mr George Marsh.

Honourable the Principal Officers and Commissioners of His Majesty's Navy, (as a Board.) Capt. Abraham North. John Nickleson, Esq; Mr Henry Nelson. Mr William Nobbs.

Sir Chaloner Ogle, Knight, Admiral of His Majesty's Fleet. Capt. Lucius O Brien. James Oswald, Esq; Lieut. John Osborn. Mr Edward Owen. Mr John Ommanney, sen. Mr John Ommanney, jun.

Capt. Cha. Wager Purvis. Capt. Edward Pratten. Capt. Charles Powlett. Capt. William Parry. Henry Partridge, Esq; Andrew Phillips, Esq; William Player, Esq; Mr James Page. Mr Thomas Skrine Pritchard. Mr Manesty Pell. Mr William Davis Philips. Mr Robert Parker. Mr John Parlby. Mr Robert Patterson. Mr John Purling. Mr John Price.

Capt. Geo. Brydges Rodney. Nathaniel Rich, Esq; Edward Rushworth, Esq; Richard Riggs, Esq; William Rickman, Esq; Mr John Rickman. Mr Newland Rice. Mr Joseph Rossington. Mr John Rosewell. Mr Boswell Russell. Mr John Robinson, of Portsmouth. Mr John Read. Mr Jonas Rowley. Mr John Robinson, of Chatham.

James Steuart, Esq; Admiral of the White Squadron, of His Majesty's Fleet. Capt. Edmund Strange. Capt. Charles Saunders. Capt. Thomas Sturton. Capt. Edward Spragge. Capt. Thomas Stanhope. Capt. Abel Smith. Capt. Molineux Shuldham. Capt. Ambrose Seccombe. Capt. Cornelius Smelt. Society of Navy Surgeons, 5 Books. Samuel Seddon, Esq; Samuel Shepherd, Esq; 2 Books. Richard Shubrick, Esq; Thomas Stanyford, Esq; Edmund Stephens, Esq; William Scobie, Esq; John Sargent, Esq; Henry Stevens, Esq; John Smith, Esq; Lieut. Alexander Skene. Lieut. Charles Stuteville. Lieut. Alexander Schomberg. Mr William Snelgrave. Mr George Stanyford. Mr John Stuart. Mr Thomas Slade. Mr Jeffery Sall. Mr William Shephard. Mr Ambrose Stapleton, 2 Books. Mr Henry Streek. Mr John Shepherd. Mr Tyrringham Stephens. Mr Henry Stuteville. Mr Thomas Stone. Mr Francis Smith. Mr James Samson. Mr Samuel Smith.

Isaac Townsend, Esq; Admiral of the Blue Squadron of His Majesty's Fleet. Capt. Edmund Toll. Thomas Tickell, Esq; William Tash, Esq; Edward Timewell, Esq; Bryan Taylor, Esq; Lieut. Michael Taylor. Mr Thomas Tomlinson. Mr William Tattum. Mr George Tollett. Mr Charles Tollett. Mr Thomas Tyndall. Mr John Turner, jun. Mr Richard Trotten, jun. Mr Benjamin Tucker.

Right Hon. Lord Vere, Baron of Hanworth. Philip Vanbrugh, Esq; Commissioner of the Navy at Plymouth. Commissioners for Victualling His Majesty's Navy, (as a Board.) Capt. John Vaughan. Mr Thomas Vaughan.

Hon. Sir Peter Warren, Knight of the Bath, and Vice Admiral of the Red Squadron of His Majesty's Fleet. Capt. John Weller, sen. Capt. Temple West. Capt. Rupert Waring. Capt. John Wickham. Capt. John Willyams. Capt. Thomas Ward. Capt. John Wynne. William Wood, Esq; Secretary of the Customs. Lieut. James Wilson. Mr John Ward. Mr John Walton. Mr William Wilcox. Mr Thomas Wyatt. Mr Robert Woollett. Mr John Wilkes. Mr Daniel Whitewood. Mr John Wright.

William Young, Esq; Commissioner of the Six-penny Office. Mr James Young.

ERRATA.

Page 3, Line 7, instead of Is a Platform, read, Are Platforms.—p. 4. l. 1. instead of Is, read, Are made of.—p. 8. l. 13, instead of Is a long Bolt, read, Are long Bolts.—l. 14. instead of goes round, read, go round.—p. 38. l. 15. instead of Is the Flag, read, Are Flags.—p. 83. l. 1. instead of Are made, read, Is made.—p. 135. l. 12. instead of steeving, read, staving—p. 148. l. 9. instead of stands, read, stand.—p. 181. l. 1. instead of pretuberant, read, protuberant.

Names of each particular Part of a new Ship, as they are put together (in a progressive Manner) for Frameing and Finishing the Structure Building on the Stocks.

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Keel — — — 85 Stem — — — 160 Sternpost } Framed { 161 Transoms } and raised{ 174 Fashion Pieces} together { 54 Dead Rising — — — 49 Floor — — — 57 Timbers — — — 171 Keelson — — — 85 Futtocks — — — 61 Hawse Pieces — — — 72 Top Timbers — — — 172 Waals — — — 181 Harpings — — — 71 Plank — — — 120 Clamps — — — 35 Sleepers — — — 153 Foot Waaling — — — 57 Beams — — — 6 Knees — — — 87 Bitts — — —} 10 Cross Pieces} Carlings — — — 29 Ledges — — — 93 Waterways — — — 183 Spirketing — — — 156 Upper Deck — — — 50 String — — — 165 Quarter Deck — — — 50 Forecastle — — — 58 Partners Mast — —} 116 Capston —} Comeings — — — 40 Breast Hooks — — — 22 Fore Step — — — 160 Riders — — — 132 Pointers — — — 121 Crotches — — — 47 Steps Main — — —} Mizon }160 Maain Capston } Decks Lower the } 50 Flat or Plank } Orlop — — — 113 Capstons — — — 28 Pillars — — — 118 Channels — — — 32 Navel Hoods — — — 110 Knee } of the Head{ 86 Cheeks } { 33 Lyon — — — 102 Trailboard — — — 173 Gallery — — — 62 Taffarel — — — 168 Quarter Pieces — — 127 Brackets — — — 21 Well — — — 185 Pumps — — — 124 Limber Boards — — 97 Garboard Strake, or } 63 Plank } Blkheads — — — 23 Ports — — — 122 Cathead — — — 30 Chestrees — — — 34 Hatchways — — — 72 Scuttles — — — 143 Grateings — — — 66 Ladders — — — 88 Manger — — — 103 Pallating Magazine } and }114 Bread-room } Gunwales — — — 68 Rails — — — 128 Gangways — — — 63 Cleats — — — 35 Kevels — — — 86 Ranges — — — 129 Knight Heads — — — 87 Rother — — — 137 Tiller — — — 170 Scuppers — — — 143 Standards — — — 158 Rufftrees — — — 139 Poop Lanterns — — — 89 Cradle } For { 44 or }Launching { Buildgeways } { 23

N. B. All the foregoing Particulars, upon any Emergency, may, by a sufficient Number of Men, be taken in Hand very nearly together.

Naval Expositor.

A-Baft

Are those Parts which are towards the Stern of a Ship.

Amain

A Sea Term, to strike a Main, is to lower at once.

Anchors

The Parts of an Anchor are, First, The Ring unto which the Cable is bent or fastened.

Secondly, The Shank, which is the longest Part of the Anchor; and at the End where the Ring goes through, is called the Eye, and wrought Square with two Nutts on it, which are let into the Stock.

Thirdly, The Arm is from the Crown to the Flook.

Fourthly, The Flook, by some called the Palm, being that broad Part brought on upon the Arm, like an Arrow Head, the sharpest Part of which is called the Bill, and fastens into the Ground.

The Anchors on board a Man of War are the Sheat, Spare, Best and Small Bower, which by the Establishment, are all of one Weight, the Stream one Fourth, the Kedge one Eighth, of the large ones; and the First and Second Rates are allowed a small warping one, one Half the Weight of the Kedge.

When the Cable is Perpendicular between the Hawse and the Anchor, it is then said to be a Peek; when hangs right up and down by the Ship's Side, it is said to be a Cock Bill, upon the Ship's coming to an Anchor; when a Ship drives by the Violence of Wind or Tide, and the Anchor cannot hold her, then it's said to come Home. Those which have lost one of their Flooks, are made use of for Moarings.

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