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Softcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. The proceedings of a symposium held at the National Maritime Museum Greenwich on 5 and 6 October 1973 which was jointly organised with the British Museum Research Laboratory Plain spine. Papers are: The anatomy of wood and the processres of its decay by D F Cutler; Exoeriments on the conservation of waterlogged wood and leather by freeze-drying by A M Rosenquist; Some noyes on the freeze-drying of large timbers by L Bick and T R G Cox; Fungicides and the Preservation of waterlogged wood by A D Baynes-Cope; The Acetone-Rosin method for the conservation of waterlogged wood and some thoughts on the penetration of PEG into oak by T Bryce, H McKerrell and Varsanyi; Comparison of different methods of treating waterlogged wood as revealed by Stereoscan examination and thoughts on the conservation of waterlogged boats by W A Oddy; Comparison of different makes of PEG and results on corrosion testing of metals in PEG solutions by Susan M Blackshaw; Early work on the conservation of waterlogged work in the UK by Harold Barker; The preservation of the warship Wasa by L Barkman; Progress towards a centre for the conservation of waterlogged wood by S McGrail; Plaster moulding of waterlogged wood by P C Van Geersdaele; Progress on the conservation of the Graverey Boat by C W Gregson; The treatment of waterlogged oak timbers from Ferriby Boat III using polyethylene glycol by T Suthers. Crisp clean covers, tight binding, clean pages and inside covers. No dust jacket, as published. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 75717101151. All our books are sent by tracked mail.…