EARLY CHINESE INVENTION.
Long l>efore waw-tight compartments were built in the ships of the ‘civilised ’ world, the Chinese divided the holds of their ships by water-tight partitions into about a dozen distinct compartments with strong planks and the seams were caulked with, a cement composed of lime, oil, and the scrapings of bamboo. This composition rendered them impenrious to water, and was greatlv preferable to pitch, tar, and tallow, since it is incombustible. This division of their vessels seems to have been well experienced, for the practice was universal throughout the empire.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume VI, Issue 24, 14 June 1890, Page 10
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92EARLY CHINESE INVENTION. New Zealand Graphic, Volume VI, Issue 24, 14 June 1890, Page 10
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