Wood: A manual for its use as a shipbuilding material

[Gogarty]

This is a set of three volumes issued by the U.S. Navy in the 1950s.
They contain more information about wood than anyone could want to know.
How to store it, cut it, fasten it, preserve it, etc., etc. and etc. And
not least by far, detailed descriptionsd of many kinds of wood and the
uses best suyited to them. It's on eBay now under the subject title.
Check it out.

[Gogarty]

Post by Gogarty
This is a set of three volumes issued by the U.S. Navy in the 1950s.
They contain more information about wood than anyone could want to know.
How to store it, cut it, fasten it, preserve it, etc., etc. and etc. And
not least by far, detailed descriptionsd of many kinds of wood and the
uses best suyited to them. It's on eBay now under the subject title.
Check it out.

This is a three-volume set of manuals published by the U.S. Navy Bureau of
Ships concerning the use of wood as a shipbuilding material. They will
tell you more about wood, wooden vessels, woodworking, tools, method, rot,
preservation, etc., etc., etc., than you could ever possibly want to know.
A must for any serious wood worker, boats or no boats.

Though published at different times (Vol. I - 1957; Vol. II - January
1958; Vol. III - July 1962) all have the same title and NavShips number
(250-336) though each covers its own territory. Vol. I is all about wood.
It is an extremely interesting and useful publication all by itself. Vol.
II deals with handling and managing wood and repairing wood vessels. Vol.
III is technical data -- pages and pages of tables. The volumes contain
many glossaries.

All are bound in light blue card stock covers and printed on uncoated
paper. Illustrations are line drawings and black-and-white halftones. Vol.
I has 63 pages; Vol. II 67 pages; and Vol. III 107 pages. Dimensions are
8" by 10-1/4". Shipping weight is 1-1/2 pounds.