Early History of Ship Building. The cause of its Decline. Its Revival during the Middle Ages. Reasons why so little is known of the Art from History. Equilibrium of Fluids. Laws of Buoyancy elucidated.Treatise on Marine and Naval ArchitectureGriffiths, John Willis 1856 – 100% + First ◀ of ► Last Wide Rotate Funding for digitization provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation