Naval Terms Dictionary

Author : John Vavasour Noel
Publisher : US Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Naval Terms Dictionary written by John Vavasour Noel and published by US Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 1988 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A totally revised edition of a standard reference work (previous edition, 1978). For anyone who needs to speak Navy or understand material written about the Navy. Extensively cross-referenced. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Author : John Vavasour Noel
Publisher : Annapolis : U.S. Naval Institute
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Naval Terms Dictionary written by John Vavasour Noel and published by Annapolis : U.S. Naval Institute. This book was released on 1966 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Deborah W. Cutler
Publisher : US Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 : 9781591141501
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dictionary of Naval Terms written by Deborah W. Cutler and published by US Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most professions have their own languages, and the U.S. Navy with its obscure terms and labored acronyms is certainly no exception. Those in and out of the naval profession will find this dictionary an essential tool in deciphering their unique language, which has its origins in the days of sail and continues to mutate in the ever-growing vocabulary of technology. For this completely revised and fully updated edition, Deborah Cutler and Thomas Cutler identify and clearly define a vast array of terms that can make documents and conversations with naval professionals so bewildering. Highly qualified 'NAVSPEAK linguists, the Cutlers have built upon the original works, culling, adding, and bringing the entries up to date for the twenty-first century. Official terms like Seapower 21 are included as well as such colorful, unofficial vocabulary as cannon cocker. Helpful notations of word origins for the very old and very new make definitions even clearer.

Author : William Henry Smyth
Publisher : London : Blackie and son
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 836 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Sailor's Word-book written by William Henry Smyth and published by London : Blackie and son. This book was released on 1867 with total page 836 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jane's Dictionary of Naval Terms written by and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 874 pages
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Download or read book A Naval Encyclopaedia: Comprising a Dictionary of Nautical Words and Phrases written by and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 874 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John V. Noel
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780849023323
Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book Naval Terms Dictionary written by John V. Noel and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : William Henry Smyth
Publisher : Fireship Press
ISBN 13 : 1934757411
Total Pages : 806 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Sailor's Word written by William Henry Smyth and published by Fireship Press. This book was released on 2008-07 with total page 806 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Almost 800 pages . 12,764 Definitions. The Most Complete Reference of Its Kind It's one thing to compile a dictionary of nautical terms from the Age of Sail; but it's quite another when the people doing the compiling actually lived them. That is exactly the situation in The Sailor's Word. William Henry Smyth (1788-1865) was in the Royal Navy for over 25 years, rising from a ship's boy on a West India merchantman to a Royal Navy Admiral. In addition to commanding several Royal Navy ships, he became world famous as a hydrographer (some of his charts were still in use in the 1960's), and as an astronomer (he eventually became president of the Royal Astronomical Society). The last years of his life, however, were spent compiling The Sailor's Word from his vast storehouse of nautical experience; but he died before he could see it published. His family decided to go forth with the publication of his final work. Their selection of an editor couldn't have been better: Sir Edward Belcher (1799-1877). Sir Edward was a Royal Navy officer with even more experience than Smyth. In his 40 years of service he captained numerous ships and generated a well-deserved reputation as a naval surveyor. His final command was of the unsuccessful expedition to find the missing and ill-fated explorer, Sir John Franklin. A cousin of Frederick Marryat, it can be plausibly argued that his novel, Horatio Howard Brenton, was the real model for C.S. Forester's Horatio Hornblower. If you want to understand modern nautical fiction, you have to understand the language they used and the way they actually used it-not the way you think they used it.

Author : United States. Office of Naval History
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Glossary of U.S. Naval Abbreviations written by United States. Office of Naval History and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Deborah W. Cutler
Publisher : US Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 : 9781591141525
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book Dictionary of Naval Abbreviations written by Deborah W. Cutler and published by US Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most professions have their own languages, and the U.S. Navy with its labored acronyms is certainly no exception. Those in and out of the naval profession will find this dictionary an essential tool in deciphering their unique language, which has its origins in the days of sail and continues to mutate in the ever-growing vocabulary of technology. For this completely revised and fully updated edition, Deborah Cutler and Thomas Cutler identify and clearly define a vast array of acronyms and abbreviations that can make documents and conversations with naval professionals so bewildering. Highly qualified NAVSPEAK linguists, the Cutlers have built upon the original work, culling, adding, and bringing the entries up to date for the twenty-first century. Official abbreviations like NGA are included as well as such colorful, unofficial vocabulary as SNAFU. Helpful notations of word origins for the very old and very new make definitions even clearer.