Building the Wooden Fighting Ship [Hardcover ed.] 0871969793, 9780871969798

Before the age of industry, the timber-built ship was one of the most complex and technologically advanced objects built

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Table of contents :
1 The Origins of the 74...............................7

2 The Timber Trade in the Eighteenth Century.........13

3 The Purchase of Ships' Stores......................21

4 The Dockyard.......................................25

5 The Shipbuilders...................................39

6 Draughts, Models and the Mould Loft................51

7 The Building I.....................................57

8 The Building II....................................89

9 The Launch........................................109

10 Furniture and Armaments..........................113

Epilogue............................................127

Bibliography........................................128

Building the Wooden Fighting Ship [Hardcover ed.]
 0871969793, 9780871969798

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