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Author McCarthy, Mike, 1947-

Title Ships' fastenings : from sewn boat to steamship / Michael McCarthy
Edition 1st ed
Published College Station : Texas A & M University Press, ©2005

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 229 pages) : illustrations
Series Ed Rachal Foundation nautical archaeology series
Ed Rachal Foundation nautical archaeology series.
Contents 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-215) and index
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Subject Fasteners -- History
Shipbuilding -- History
Hulls (Naval architecture) -- History
Underwater archaeology.
underwater archaeology.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Marine & Naval.
TRANSPORTATION -- Ships & Shipbuilding -- Pictorial.
Fasteners
Hulls (Naval architecture)
Shipbuilding
Underwater archaeology
Befestigungselement
Schiff
Schiffbau
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781603446211
1603446214