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April 14, 1720.—The ‘stoving’ process of seasoning timber for shipbuilding—in which the timber is heated in wet sand—was the invention of John Cumberland, whose patent is dated April 14, 1720. The process, which was reported by the Admiralty to be much superior to the old method of charring that it displaced, was used in the Royal dockyards for some years, an allowance of £200 a year being guaranteed to the inventor. An application for a prolongation of the grant was dismissed.
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Calendar of Patent Records. Nature 123, 589 (1929). https://doi.org/10.1038/123589a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/123589a0