Fastenings

1570 Fernando Oliveira: Liuro da fabrica das naos. [In Portuguese/English]
1620 A Treatise on Ship Building.
1622 Henry Mainwaring: The Seaman's Glossary.
1627 John Smith: A Sea Grammar.
1649 Herman Fleming: Forma aff Besteck [In Swedish]
1690 anonymous ms [In Swedish]
1690 Nicolaes Witsen: Architectura navalis. [In Dutch]
1697 Cornelis van Yk: Scheeps-bouw-konst. [In Dutch]
1700 Der geöfnete See-Hafen [In German]
1711 William Sutherland: An Estimate of the Value of Oak Trenels, from The Ship-Builders Assistant, 1711.
1730 Thomas Rajalin: Skiepz-Byggeriet. [In Swedish]
1737 Blaise Ollivier: (manuscript).
1742 Cheville from Nicolas Aubin: Dictionnaire de marine. [In French]
1742 Gournable from Nicolas Aubin: Dictionnaire de marine. [In French]
1771 Specifikation på ett ostindieskepp som skall byggas av F.H. af Chapman. [In Swedish]
1771 H.L. Duhamel du Monceau: Anfangsgrunde der Schiffbaukunst. [In German]
1783 Mätare och Wräkare ordningen. [In Swedish]
1780 William Falconer: Marine Dictionary.
1784 Carl Fred. Bouck: Beskrifning på en ny Inrättning at hyfla Naglar til Skepp, upfunnen och gjord år 1784 i Carlskrona [In Swedish]
1794 Heinrich Röding: Allgemeines Wörterbuch der Marine. [In German]
1805 David Steel ed.: The Elements and Practice of Naval Architecture.
1817 Isaac Blackburn: A Treatise on the Science of Ship-Building.
1821 John Knowles: An Inquiry into the Means which Have Been Taken to Preserve the British Navy.
On fastenings from John Knowles' An Inquiry into the Means Which Have been Taken to Preserve the British Navy from the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Particulary from that Species of Decay, now Denominated Dry-Rot, 1821.
1822 J.C. Rijk: Handleiding tot de kennis van den Scheepsbouw. [In Dutch]
1826 J.W.D. Korth: Die Schiffbaukunst. [In German]
1830 Peter Hedderwick: A Treatise on Marine Architecture.
1831 Francis Laire: Observations of the Materials used in the Fastenings of Ships. From Papers on Naval Architecture.
1833 D.H. Funch: Praktisk skibbsbyggerie. [In Danish]
1836 Lauchlan McKay: The Practical Ship-Builder.
1839 C.L.L. Harboe: Dansk Marine-Ordbok. [In Danish]
1845 Report of the Committee of Master Shipwrights on the Construction of Ships of War, 1845.
1845 Teak Trenails from The Nautical Magazine (1845).
1846 A. Young: Nautical Dictionary.
1850 Christophers' 13th Improvement, Improved treenail.
1852 From Fincham's Outline of Ship-Building in Four Parts (1852):
- Upon the Fastenings of the Planking.
- Metal Fastenings.
1855 Lloyds Register's Rules for fastening.
The Importance of Fastening Ships Thoroughly from The Monthly Nautical Magazine, and Quarterly Review, 1855.
On Tree-Nails and Tree-Nailing from The Monthly Nautical Magazine, and Quarterly Review, 1857.
1857 Gustav Carl Witt: Praktisk och theoretisk handledning i skeppsbyggeri.
1858 C. F. Steinhaus: Die Schiffbaukunst. [In German]
1859 G.P.J. Mossel: Handleiding tot de kennis van het schip. [In Dutch]
1874 Samuel J.P. Thearle: Naval Architecture.
1875 Britton: Treatise on the Origin, Progress, Prevention and Cure of Dry Rot in Timber.
1891 Fastenings from Lloyd's Register Rules & Regulations.
1891 Suggestions for Construction and Classification of Composite Vessels from Lloyd's Register Rules & Regulations.
1918 William Henry Curtis: The elements of Wood Ship construction …..
1928 Estep: How Wooden Ships are Built.

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