New article! Matthew Evenden @arts.ubc.ca on 'Deptford Stones: London, the River Thames and the Circulation of Ballast in the Age of Sail, c.1750–c.1850'
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Deptford Stones: London, the River Thames and the Circulation of Ballast in the Age of Sail, c.1750–c.1850*
Abstract. In the Age of Sail, ships required ballast to ensure buoyancy at sea, pulling the vessel down in the water and stabilising it against lateral for