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KERHALLET (Charles-Philippe de), FRÉMINVILLE (Antoine-Joseph de), BOUTROUX (Eugène), TERQUEM (Paul-Augustin), LABOULAYE (Charles). GUIDE du Marin. Paris. 1863. - KERHALLET (Charles-Philippe de), FRÉMINVILLE (Antoine-Joseph de), BOUTROUX (Eugène), TERQUEM (Paul-Augustin), LABOULAYE (Charles) GUIDE du Marin . Résumé des connaissances les plus utiles aux marins. Paris: Eugène Lacroix, Éditeur, 1863. 2 v.: il.; 225 mm. A comprehensive collective work on nautical science and naval engineering, published in the same year as the death of its main coordinator. Charles-Philippe de Kerhallet (Rennes, 1809 - Paris, 1863), a ship's captain in the Imperial Navy, distinguished himself as a hydrographer and cartographer: he carried out soundings in the Gulf of Mexico, commanded the stations in Newfoundland and Cayenne, and prepared numerous nautical charts. The work brings together contributions from five specialists: Fréminville, a naval engineer, deals with ship construction; Kerhallet and Laboulaye with naval mechanics; Laboulaye also with the steam engine applied to navigation; Terquem with navigation; and Boutroux with hydrography. The 300 engravings in the text and the copper-engraved charts by Jacobs and Carré – engravers of the Navy Chart Depot – give the work a first-rate technical and illustrative character. Complete set. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate