A Treatise on Dry Rot: In which are Described the Nature and Causes of that Disease in Ships, Houses, Mills, &c. &c. with Methods of Prevention and Cure ; Containing Also An Enquiry Into the Origin of Fungi : with Several Interesting Facts Respecting the Durability of Timber, from Seasoning, Wingter-felling, Barking, &c. ; and Some Account of Those Ships, which from Their Remarkable Durability, Or Other Causes, Form Important and Prominent Features in the History of the British NavyBurton & Briggs, 1815 - 185 pagina's |
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A Treatise on Dry Rot: In which are Described the Nature and Causes of that ... Ambrose Bowden Volledige weergave - 1815 |
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