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shipbuilding [′ship‚bil·diŋ] (civil engineering) The construction of ships. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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According to Quentin Snediker, shipyard director at Mystic Seaport in Connecticut, live oak was the best timber for ship building in the era of those wooden vessels because of its durability, density, and curves that perfectly suit the ship's form. Li contributes another article on ships and ship building in the Mekong Delta; Nola Cooke writes on the Chinese and Vietnamese in the region, and Carl Trocki analyzes Chinese revenue farming networks. So European ship building companies, known the world over for their smaller vessel design with reinforced ice breaking hulls, were called in. |
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