Southard, Samuel L.; Rodgers, John; et al. American Water-Rotted Hemp, &c., &c. : Reports of the Navy Department, in relation to experiments on American Water-Rotted Hemp, when made into Canvass, Cables, and Cordage. Washington: Printed by Gales & Seaton, 1828. First Edition. [11904]
Removed, newly stab-sewn, 8 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches, 35 pages. Good. Pamphlet.
20th Congress, 1st Session, Document No. 68, House of Representatives.
Descriptions and results of experiments to test American hemp in comparison with Russian and other hemp.
"From these facts the conclusion appears irresistible, that American hemp requires only the same process of preparation practiced in Russia, to render American cordage fully as good, for every species of service, as cordage made of Russian hemp." - p. 6.
