Conserving Waterlogged Rope: A Review of Traditional Methods and Experimental Research with Polyethylene Glycol
The excavation of Sieur de la Salle's ship, La Belle, yielded a large amount of waterlogged rope requiring conservation. A history of hemp and rope manufacture is reviewed to assist in the identification of the materials and rope-work recovered from the La Belle, as well as to assist in selecti...
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2009-05-571 http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2009-05-571 |