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NH 71083 Early Naval Science

Early Naval Science
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Title: Early Naval Science
Caption: Ropes were made in a rope-walk of hemp; or on the coast of the Mediterranean of the nark of the fig-tree and of the spikenard plant. Thickness was measured not by the diameter, but by the circumference.
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Catalog #: NH 71083
Copyright Owner: From Iconographic Encyclopedia (1851) Volume III.
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Original Medium: Illustration, BW Photo
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