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264325 galoot@l... 2017‑12‑19 Re: TATHS Reading Room
Quoting Ed Minch :

> I just randomly opened one   -  
> http://taths.org.uk/images/NL/NL002.pdf 
> <http://taths.org.uk/images/NL/NL002.pdf>  -  and found that  "From 
> the 16th century not one single complete British tool, nor even a 
> drawing or other representation of one, is known to exist —— 
> apart from those in the Mary Rose.”  The Mary Rose is a 
> mid-1500’s shipwreck that was raised,  It settled on its side and 
> everything above the surface of the bottom mud was gone, but 
> everything below was remarkably well reserved - perhaps 40% of the 
> boat.   There were entire tool kits of tools!

The (not cheap) book with all the measured drawings is here:
https://www.amazon.com/Before-Mast-Death-Aboard-Archaeology/dp/1842175041
(yes I have a copy... ;-)

Some pix:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:MaryRose-carpentry_tools1.jpg
http://www.maryrose.org/meet-the-crew/the-carpenter/tools/

Unlike most archeological finds where the metal is rusted but present 
and the wood long since decayed, the wood was preserved by the salt 
water and the metal rusted to nothingness.

Esther

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