Excerpt from NavigationFirst, then, it will be convenient to watch a ship in the course of building, to see the nature of the oating structure and the various precautions to ensure its safety, and to learn the names of the various parts. Next, some account will be given of the superstructure and fittings so far as they are common to all ships. The actual propelling machinery cannot be described in so short a space as that now available. After this preface the subject proper, Navigation, will be discussed.Navigation, as a technical term, is the science and art and craft of finding where a ship is at any moment and directing her safely to her destination. Navigation is a science, for a navigator must know and understand many things, systematis ing his knowledge and reasoning instinctively and accurately. It is an art, in Ruskin's sense of that which adorns a service able thing, for a ship may be handled clumsily or artistically with equal safety but not with equal satisfaction. It is a craft, for it demands that fine co - ordination of hand and eye and brain which distinguishes the craftsman from the hewer of wood and drawer of water.

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