| ID: | 10350 |
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| Entry Text: | Harris, J.R. "Copper and Shipping in the Eighteenth Century." EcHR, 2 ser, 19 (December 1966): 550-68. To protect hulls from ravages of worm & encrustrations; 18th century, universally adopted by European navies, later by merchant marine; Anson initiated, 1760s. |