Discussion of Caulking and Frigate Timbers
Document 1796Describes the method of caulking ships used in the English dock yards, and discusses timber for frigates.
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Type
Letterbook Copy
Description
Describes the method of caulking ships used in the English dock yards, and discusses timber for frigates.
Date
07/24/1796
Author
Recipient
Sent from
New York
Repository
Collection
Document number
1796072415101
Page start
1
Notable persons
Joshua Humphreys
Josiah Fox
navy constructor
Notable locations
Southwark
New York
English dock yard
Notable items
caulking
seams of the planks
plank
thick stuff
ship
trunnel
trunnill
natural elasticity
wood
black oakum
white oakum
kneads
thickness of the plank
usual allowance
injurious to his ship
well coiled
threads of oakum