This e-text is based on the three-volume book ‘Shipbuilding from Its Beginnings,’ from 1895. Inconsistent spelling and hyphenation have been retained; punctuation and typographical errors have been corrected. The side notes refer to the corresponding illustrations in volumes II and III. Footnotes have been moved to the end of the respective section.…
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