Shipbuilding - Great Britain - 18th century

Strictures upon naval departments , &c. &c. &c. with a recommendation to abolish the coppering of ship's bottoms In The State Of Ordinary; and to discontinue the caulking of the King's ships with rotten, water-soaken oakum, &c. &c. &c. Also A Proposition To Appropriate The Royal Academy In Portsmouth Dock-Yard, Instead Of Building The Intended Expensive Magnificent Dwelling House, For The Residence Of The Resident Commissioner By a sailor.