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The Face in the Mist
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Life in Korea
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Korea and the Sacred White Mountain
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Tachometer
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Malta Maritime Awards
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Model of a Turtle Ship
This is a 1:25 scale model of a turtle ship. The first recorded reference to a turtle ship is in The Annals of King Taejo(Vol. 25, Feb. 1413), which states that “The king was passing through Imjindo when he saw a skirmish between a turtle ship and a Japanese ship.” However, there is no detailed information on the shape or size of the turtle ship in this instance. The turtle ship(gobeokson), the main warship of Joseon’s navy, was developed by renovating the panokseon(board-roofed ship), which had two decks, i.e. a lower deck for the oarsmen, and an upper deck for the soldiers. The roof of the ship was covered with iron spikes to prevent enemy troops from boarding, increasing its defensive power, and it was also equipped with gun ports. The turtle ship played an active role in the first naval battles during the early days of the Japanese Invasions of Korea, but after that it became the main warship of the Joseon navy. Thereafter, the shape and structure of the turtle ship continued to evolve with each new era, and turtle ships were stationed at each navy headquarters until the late Joseon period.
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Ruler, Pencil, Compass, Weight
This kind of pencil is used to mark numbers or draw lines when building a ship.These rulers are used in the construction of wooden ships including the carpenter’s square, set square, and T-square among others. A carpenter’s square is used to verify right angles or miter angles, while a set square is used to draw straight lines with an angle. A T-square is used to measure right angles or vertical dimensions, or to make ink markings, in order to measure approximate length rather than exact dimensions. A compass(a pair of compasses) was used a tool used to draw circles or arcs when building wooden ships. The length of the string could be adjusted based on the basic bar with a handle, and a pencil inserted below the bamboo piece, in order to draw a circle. This compass was used by Daedong Shipbuilding in Yeocheon County(present-day Yeosu City) in 1975. This type of weight is used to adjust the exact verticality by lowering it on to the plumb line from the top to the bottom.
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Hammer
A hammer is a common tool used to drive stakes or nails into a surface or to connect or insert wooden joints. Hammers are divided into two types: iron or wooden ones depending on the available materials, and wooden hammers used for chiseling or assembling. When building a ship, detailed work is required to prevent water from penetrating it; therefore, a small hammer is used to insert the waterproofing material between the boards.
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Saw
This saw was used to cut wood when building wooden ships at a shipyard. It consists of cutting blades with serrated teeth set at regular intervals on a long, narrow iron plate, and is used by moving it back and forth while holding the handle. Saws with a wooden handle were mainly brought to Korea from Japan.
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