Rudder; Volume 20 : Legare Street Press : 9781021126931 : 1021126934 : 18 Jul 2023 : The Rudder is a classic book of shipbuilding, providing detailed instructions and diagrams for the construction of wooden vessels. It was first published in 1890, and its practical advice contributed greatly to the design and safety of ships in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This edition includes the full text of the original, with a new introduction and notes by a leading expert in the field. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made gener