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The Cause of Dry Rot Discovered; With a Description of a Patent Invention for Preserving Decked Vessels
The Cause of Dry Rot Discovered With a Description of a Patent Invention for Preserving Decked Vessels Author:John George General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1829 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million book... more »s for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER VIII. Commencement of the description of the invention itself. It consists of a combination of alterations in the vessels, and of apparatus and machinery. The alterations in the vessels consist of additional openings, where, and for what purposes. The apparatus and machinery are for ascertaining the temperatures, and introducing and passing off hotter or colder air, when and where. For introducing, in general, colder air, a hollow shaft, with a moveable part to stand when raised, above deck,« less