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... experiment , we believe , is that of the Hawke sloop of war , which was built at Deptford in 1793 , one half with timber stripped of its bark while standing , the other half with timber felled in the ordinary way . Ten years after ...
... experiments have been tried with that view ; such as charring , burn- ing , stoving , burying in unslaked lime , or sand , coating with paint , tar , and compositions of various kinds , the effects of which have generally been found ...
... together has plain good sense to recommend it , and is , in our opinion , highly deserving of being put to the test of experiment . Confident • Confident of the success of his plan , he 1812 . 41 Pering and Money on Ship - building .
... experiments , that the teak of Malabar weighs one quarter less than oak , while that from the northward of Bom- bay is pretty nearly of the same weight . But we have an instance in point : the Minden was built from the same draft as the ...
... The scheme was encouraged by the Russian minister here ; but met with a very cool reception at Petersburgh : D 2 Petersburgh : and we escaped from this experiment with the 1812 . 51 Pering and Money on Ship - building .