1711 W. Sutherland (title) The Ship Builders Assistant: or, some Essays towards compleating the Art of marine Architecture... To which is annexed, an explication of the principal terms used in this art.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Teach, to, in marine architecture, is applied to the direction which any line or curve seems to point out.
1991 R. Sale 106 The Ugo Marsia collection of fine art..includes some fine prints of early sailing ships and a library of books on marine topics, pirates and folk stories as well as marine architecture.