- A
trywork,
located aft of the fore-mast, is the most
distinguishing feature of a
whaling ship. It is a furnace,
typically constructed of
brick and attached...
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trywork, a
brick furnace and set of try pots
built into the deck. In the 18th- and 19th-century New
England whaling industry, the use of the
trywork allowed...
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Stromness Husvik Grytviken Godthul Ocean Harbour The
whaling stations'
tryworks were
unpleasant and
dangerous places to work. One was
called "a charnel...
- expeditions, the trying-out was done
aboard the ship in a
furnace known as a
trywork and the carc**** was then
discarded into the water.
Baleen whales were a...
- ship
Whaleboat Grindaknívur
Harpoon cannon Head
spade Paledang Try pot
Trywork Products Ambergris Ambrein Baleen Blubber Cetyl alcohol Muktuk Scrimshaw...
- ship
Whaleboat Grindaknívur
Harpoon cannon Head
spade Paledang Try pot
Trywork Products Ambergris Ambrein Baleen Blubber Cetyl alcohol Muktuk Scrimshaw...
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Hiller (b. 1798). His
father was a
master blacksmith who had
invested in a
tryworks and
bought two ships. They had nine
children of
which James was the second...
-
whale oil
using two or
three try-pots set in a
brick furnace called the
tryworks. ****ceti was
especially valuable, and as
sperm whaling voyages were...
-
thousand people visited a
complete town with
stalls and streets.
Besides the
tryworks,
smithies and workshops,
there were shops, churches, fortifications, gambling...
- them
built at the
shipyard of Mattapoisett. The
invention of on-board
tryworks, a
system of m****ive iron pots over a
brick furnace,
allowed the whalers...
