Ships' Fastenings: From Sewn Boat to Steamship [Audiobook] download free by Michael J. Mccarthy
- Listen audiobook: Ships' Fastenings: From Sewn Boat to Steamship
- Author: Michael J. Mccarthy
- Release date: 2005/4/25
- Publisher: TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Language: English
- Genre or Collection: Transportation
- ISBN: 9781585444519
- Rating: 8.85 of 10
- Votes: 584
- Review by: Camilla Pounds
- Review rating: 8.79 of 10
- Review Date: 2018/11/22
- Duration: 4H19M47S in 256 kbps (70.4 MB)
- Date of creation of the audiobook: 2018-07-02
- You can listen to this audiobook in formats: WAV, AC3, FLAC, MP3, MPEG4, WMA, TTA (compression RAR, LZ, ZIP, JAR)
- Total pages original book: 352
- Includes a PDF summary of 30 pages
- Duration of the summary (audio): 21M33S (6 MB)
- Description or summary of the audiobook: Without effective and durable bull fastenings, boats and ships - from the earliest days of seafaring through the twentieth century - could not have plied the seas. In ''Ships' Fastenings'', this central element of boat construction receives its first detailed study. Author Michael McCarthy offers a fascinating, thorough description of a range from sewn-plank boats of the ancient world and Micronesia to Viking ships, Mediterranean caravels, nineteenth-century ocean clippers, and even steamships. Along with the comprehensive account of ship fastenings, McCarthy provides a history of many of the discoveries and innovations that accompanied changes in the kinds of fastenings used and the ways they were secured. He discusses copper sheathing, metallurgy, the advent of Muntz metal, rivets of all types, welding in the ancient and modern sense, and the types of non-magnetic fastenings needed on World War II minesweepers. He even takes a glance at the development of underwriting and insurance, because the registries kept by Lloyd's and others were not only guides to the suitability or a particular ship but also dictated the form and method of fastening. ''Ships' Fastenings'' will prove of value to shipbuilders, historians, and archaeologists. It is also written for the enthusiast and amateur boat builder.
- Other categories, genre or collection: Archaeology, Ship Design & Naval Architecture, Ships & Shipping
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- Format: Hardback
- Approximate value: 92.29 USD
- Dimensions: 184.4x259.59x19.81mm
- Weight: 752.96g
- Printed by: Not Available
- Published in: College Station, United States
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