John Willis Griffiths

1809 – 1882

John Willis Griffiths (October 6, 1809 – March 30, 1882) was an American naval architect who was influential in his design of clipper ships and his books on ship design and construction. He also designed steamships and war vessels and patented many inventions.[1][2] Maritime historian William H. Thiesen wrote, "Of all the nineteenth-century American shipbuilders, John W. Griffiths did more than any other builder to champion American shipbuilding methods. An experimenter, an advocate for formal ship-design education, and a working intellectual, Griffiths proved to be most remarkable of America’

• Marine and naval architecture
• The Ship-Builder's Manual
• Treatise on marine and naval architecture
• Treatise On Marine and Naval Architecture; Or, Theory and Practice Blended in Ship Building
• Treatise on marine and naval architecture; or, Theory and practice blended in ship building
• A treatise on marine and naval architecture
• Bent timber ships and universal wood bending machinery
• Progressive Ship Builder; Volume 2
• The ship-builder's manual
• The ship-builder's manual, and nautical referee