Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 232
the generally accepted belief that sheathing wasan invention of the middle ages, were wellacquainted with various methods of sheathingthe bottom of a ship, not alone for preserva-tion, but for freer progress through the water.It is recorded that hardened hides were firmlynailed to ships bottoms,… … TYPE OF VENETIAN GALLEY. then in so sound a state as to be nearly in-credible. The bottom was, according to themodern and easily comprehended scientific term, doubled, the seams had evidently been calkedwith linen, and the whole exterior part was care-fully smeared or paid with a coat of…
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