Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Subseries A. General Ship Design and Building contains construction plans, instructions for performing different calculations and measurements, comparisons to English shipbuilding, and manuscripts. The first manuscript in the subseries, which says "Pour la Construction des Vaisseaux" on the cover, is partly in the hand of Duhamel, and is probably the first chapter of Elemens de l'Architecture Navale. The next...

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Subseries B. Wood for Building contains reports on different types of wood, dimensions of the pieces of wood for different locations on the vessels, and memoranda about wood from different regions.

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Subseries C. Rope Making and Strength contains test results about different types of ropes, memoranda on different types of rope and hemp, sales records of rope in certain areas. This subseries also contains correspondence about tests, experiments, and results on rope and rope making.

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Subseries D. Preservation of Wood and Rope contains correspondence and manuscripts about using tar as a preservative for rope and wood, its composition, methods for applying, and effectiveness. There are also documents discussing tests and comparisons of different types of preservatives.