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Texas A & M Univ Pr, Date: 1996. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine. Number 2 in studies in Nautical Archaeology. Stated first edition. 105 pages, text clean and tight, a few drawings and photos. 1996. Texas A & M Univ Pr ISBN 0890967229 9780890967225 [US]

Texas A&M University Press. Paperback. New. 8x5x0. Texas A&M University Press ISBN 0890967229 9780890967225 [US]

Texas A&M University Press, Date: 1996-10-01. Paperback. Used:Good. 1996. Texas A&M University Press ISBN 0890967229 9780890967225 [US]

Texas: A & M University Press, Date: 1996. x-xvii, 105pp; first 12 pages bear water stains and warped at top edge; illustrated, blue card covers, white title to spine.. Paperback. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1996. A & M University Press ISBN 0890967229 9780890967225 [GB]

ISBN10: 0890967229, ISBN13: 9780890967225, [publisher: Texas A&M University Press] Softcover nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - All wooden ships leak, a stark fact that has terrified sailors since the earliest days of ocean travel. Maritime historical literature is filled with horrific descriptions of being aboard a slowly sinking ship. Starting from this human perspective, then, Thomas J. Oertling traces the five-hundred-year evolution of a seemingly mundane but obviously important piece of seafaring equipment - and tells the story of nautical innovation - in this one-of-a-kind history. Beginning with early sixteenth-century documents that recorded bilge pump design and installation and ending at about 1900, when bilge pumps were being mass-produced, Oertling covers a period of radical technological change. He describes the process of making long wooden pump tubes by hand, as well as the assembly of the machine-crafted pumps that helped revolutionize ship construction and design. Also given in detail are the creation, function, and development of the three types of pumps used from about 1500 to well into the nineteenth century: the burr pump, the 'suction' or common pump, and the chain pump. Of further interest is Oertling's overall examination of the nature and management of leaks in ships' hulls. This work is well illustrated, with line art depicting the placement and use of pumps aboard the ships, early ...
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