Download or read book The Design and Construction of Ships (1908) written by John Harvard Biles and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2009-12 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John H. Biles worked as a professor of novel architecture in the University of Glasgow. Both volumes embody the lectures on the subjects dealt with at the University and form the most comprehensive and detailed book on the theory of ship building of the 20th century.