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A History of Anchors from a 1902 Scientific American article
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This interesting article, from a 1902 Scientific American Supplement, chronicles the technical development of anchors between 1800 and 1860


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Anchors in the 1700's
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The ships' anchors in general use, up to the beginning of the last century, consisted of a long, round, iron shank, having two comparatively short, straight arms, or flukes, inclined to the shank at an angle of about 40 degrees, and meeting it in a somewhat sharp point at the crown. In large anchors, the bulky wooden stock was built up of several pieces, hooped together, the whole tapering outward to the ends, especially on the after or cable side.


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