Ships' fastenings: from sewn boat to steamship
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Main Author: McCarthy, Mike (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: College Station Texas A & M University Press c2005
Edition:1st ed
Series:Ed Rachal Foundation nautical archaeology series
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-215) and index
Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Fastened without nails : the sewn boat -- 2. The advent of metals -- 3. Metal fastenings on the sewn-plank boat -- 4. Fastened with metal and wood -- 5. Clinker shipbuilding -- 6. Carvel building in northern Europe -- 7. The manufacture of fastenings -- 8. Sheathing : the key to copper and copper-alloy fastenings -- 9. The advent of Muntz Metal through to the composite ship -- 10. Registers, treatises, and contemporary accounts -- 11. The archaeological evidence -- 12. Iron and steel ships -- 13. Modern terminology -- Conclusion -- Appendix : explanatory notes on metallic fastenings -- Notes -- References -- Index
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xi, 229 p.)
ISBN:1585444510
1603446214
9781585444519
9781603446211

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