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                                   A
                           Naval Expositor,

                        _Shewing and Explaining
                The Words and Terms of Art belonging to
           the Parts, Qualities and Proportions of Building,
            Rigging, Furnishing, & Fitting a Ship for Sea_.

                                 Also

          _All Species that are received into the Magazines,
            and on what Services they are Used and Issued._

                             Together with

     _The Titles of all the Inferior Officers belonging to a Ship,
            with an Abridgment of their respective Duties._

                     _By Thomas Riley Blanckley._

           _LONDON Printed by E. Owen, in Warwick Lane, and
            Engraved by Paul Fourdrinier at Charing Cross._

                                MDCCL.




_To the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners for Executing the
Office of Lord High Admiral of_ Great Britain _and_ Ireland, _and of
all His Majesty's Plantations_, &c.


As the following Sheets have been published by your Lordships
Approbation, they are, with the greatest Submission and Gratitude,
dedicated to your Lordships,

  _By,
  My Lords,
  Your Lordships
  Most Obedient,
  Most Dutiful,
  and
  Most Humble Servant_,

  Thomas Riley Blanckley.




A LIST OF THE SUBSCRIBERS.


  A.

  Right Honourable the Lords of the _Admiralty_ (as a Board.)
  Joseph Allin, _Esq_; _Surveyor of His Majesty's Navy_.
  Governors and Company of the _Royal Exchange Assurance Office_.
  Capt. Mariot Arbuthnot.
  Capt. Thomas Andrewes.
  George Atkins, _Esq_;
  William Allix, _Esq_;
  Charles Alexander, _Esq_;
  Michael Atkins, _Esq_;
  Roger Altham, _Esq_;
  William Allix, _Esq_; _Commissioner of the Six-penny Office_.
  Mr Gabriel Acworth.
  Mr John Andrews.
  Mr Elias Arnaud.
  Mr Thomas Adney.
  Mr Charles Allen.
  Mr Samuel Allin.
  Mr Williams Arthur.
  Mr D. H. S. Augier.
  Mr George Allen.
  Lieutenant John Angier.
  Mr William Atwick.
  Mr James Atkins.
  Mr Edward Allin.


  B.

  His Grace the Duke of Bedford, _Principal Secretary of State_.
  Right Honourable Lord Viscount Barrington, _Lord of the Admiralty_,
   6 Books.
  Charles Brown, _Esq_; _Commissioner of the Navy at Chatham_.
  Capt. Wm. Bladwell, 2 Books.
  Capt. Patrick Baird.
  Capt. Henry Barnfley.
  Capt. Mathew Buckle.
  Sir William Baird, _Bart_.
  George Bellas, _Esq_; 14 Books.
  James Bankes, _Esq_;
  Edward Busby, _Esq_;
  Robert Bennett, _Esq_;
  Charles Burley, _Esq_;
  Mr Edward Bentham.
  Mr Richard Bowers.
  Mr John Barker.
  Mr James Bucknall.
  Mr William Bruce.
  Mr Jonas Botting.
  Mr Bryan Bentham.
  Mr John Baynard.
  Mr William Bately.
  Mr John Bately.
  Mr John Bannick.
  Mr Jonas Benjamin.
  Mr Thomas Barnfield.
  Mr Owen Bird.
  Mr Richard Burry.
  Mr Daniel Baverstock.
  Lieut. Thomas Burnett.
  Mr Pentecost Barker.
  Mr Nathaniel Bishop.
  Mr Robert Bogg.
  Mr Charles Bowes.
  Mr Thomas Brewer.
  Mr Francis Benson.
  Mr John Bromfall.
  Mr Richard Brett.


  C.

  Right Honourable Lord Viscount Cobham.
  Right. Hon. Lord Colville.
  Thomas Corbett, _Esq_; _Secretary of the Admiralty_, 2 Books.
  John Clevland, _Esq_; _Secretary of the Admiralty_, 2 Books.
  Capt. John Cokburne.
  Capt. Alexander Campbell.
  Lieut. Col. Mordaunt Cracherode.
  Richard Owen Cambridge, _Esq_; 2 Books.
  Robert Chapman, _L. L. D._
  Claude Crespigny, _Esq_;
  Philip Crespigny, _Esq_;
  John Spencer Colepeper, _Esq_;
  John Carter, _Esq_;
  Edmund Clark, _Esq_;
  Thomas Colby, _Esq_;
  John Crookshanks, _Esq_;
  Lieut. Christopher Coles.
  Lieut. John Clark.
  Mr Francis Colepeper.
  Mr John Cogswell.
  Mr Ulick Cormick.
  Mr Edward Collingwood.
  Mr William Cookson.
  Mr George Crisp.
  Mr Thomas Crabtree.
  Mr John Cæfar.
  Mr Richard Cheslyn.
  Mr Robert Calland.
  Mr Joseph Champion.
  Mr Raphael Courteville.


  D.

  His Grace the Duke of Devonshire.
  Rt. Hon. Ld. Viscount Duncannon, _Lord of the Admiralty_, 6 Books.
  Capt. Digby Dent.
  Capt. James Douglass.
  Capt. Cotton Dent.
  Capt. Thomas Dove.
  Andrew Coltee Ducarell, _L. L. D._
  Jacob Dias, _Esq_;
  Arthur Dobbins, _Esq_;
  Lieut. John Dunkley.
  Mr Windham Deverell.
  Mr Elias Dunsterville.
  Mr Thomas Dobbins.
  Mr Henry Daniel.


  E.

  Hon. Capt. Geo. Edgcumbe.
  Capt. John Evans.
  Capt. Michael Everitt.
  Mr John Elliott.
  Mr John Holland Ecles.
  Mr John Etherington.

  F.

  Hon. John Forbes, _Esq_; _Rear Admiral of the White Squadron of His
   Majesty's Fleet_.
  Thomas Fox, _Esq_; _Rear Admiral_.
  Capt. Thomas Frankland.
  Capt. John Fawler.
  Capt. William Fortescue.
  Capt. Thomas Foley.
  Josias Farrer, _Esq_;
  Lieut. Robert Frankland.
  Mr Thomas Fellowes.
  Mr Joseph Fletcher.
  Mr James Forrester.
