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The Admiralty Order on a New Graving Stuff at Deptford
A detailed notice describes an experiment on His Majesty's Ship at Deptford to prevent worm damage with a new composition or graving stuff. After 21 months at sea in the West Indies, Barbadoes, the ship’s hull showed limited worming and a surveyed keel remained firm. The inventor Charles Ardefoif sets Tuesday Thursday and Friday office hours at the Crown Coffee house near the Crown Tavern to demonstrate and inform on use and savings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Admiralty
Deptford
West Indies
Barbadoes
Woolwich
Charles Ardefoif
Crown
Crown Tavern
R. Exch
Sefoncut
Gloucestershire
Ambrose Pitman
Winchcombe
Glouccestershire
F. Leach
Montpellier
Pall Mall
Walton F Upon Thames
George Meek
Norwich
Rodney
Holts
Charles A
Burgundy
Jorge
Thomas Brown
S. Cockers
Earl of Essex
Queen Elizabeth
Richard Wellington
Jerusalem
Elizabeth Mallet
Fleet-Sridge
New-Inn
Exon
Thomas Robinson
Glone
Se Peters Church-yard
St Jamess Street