London Museum Docklands Library — 1873 (6th ed.)
On the stowage of ships and their cargoes, with information regarding freights, charter-parties, &c., &c.
The volume includes fascinating anecdotal details and histories of a wide range of commodities and explanations of stowage requirements and risks. On potatoes: 'Potatoes are liable to lose weight between the time of shipment and of discharge, and masters should, when chartering,prepare for that contingency. ... Between Taranaki, New Zealand, and Sydney, New South Wales, the difference has amounted to 10%.'
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- On the stowage of ships and their cargoes, with information regarding freights, charter-parties, &c., &c.
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- Stevens, Robert White
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- 1873 (6th ed.)
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- H 210 mm
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