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{{Short description|Furnace for rendering blubber into whale oil}} | {{Short description|Furnace for rendering blubber into whale oil}} | ||
[[Image:trypots.jpg|thumb|right|Try pots on display at the Southampton Historical Museum in [[South Hampton, New Hampshire]].]] | [[Image:trypots.jpg|thumb|right|Try pots on display at the Southampton Historical Museum in [[South Hampton, New Hampshire]].]] | ||
A '''trywork''' is a furnace, used to heat [[blubber]] from [[whale]]s for the recovery of [[whale oil|oil]], on a [[whaling ship]]. | A '''trywork''' is a furnace, used to heat [[blubber]] from [[whale]]s for the recovery of [[whale oil|oil]], on a [[whaling ship]]. | ||
The trywork is located [[aft]] of the [[mast (sailing)|fore-mast]], and is typically constructed of brick and attached to the deck with iron braces. Two cast-iron [[trypot]]s are set atop the furnace. It is similar to the [[rendering (animal products)|rendering]] process for producing lard by heating or frying fatty pork. A reservoir of water under the bricks keeps the furnace from scorching the wood of the deck. | The trywork is located [[aft]] of the [[mast (sailing)|fore-mast]], and is typically constructed of brick and attached to the deck with iron braces. Two cast-iron [[trypot]]s are set atop the furnace. It is similar to the [[rendering (animal products)|rendering]] process for producing lard by heating or frying fatty pork. A reservoir of water under the bricks keeps the furnace from scorching the wood of the deck. | ||
==Context== | |||
Early on in the [[history of whaling]], vessels had no means to process blubber at sea and had to bring it into port for processing.<ref>{{cite book |last=Tower |first=W.S. |title=A History of the American Whale Fishery |year=1907 |publisher=University of Philadelphia | url = https://archive.org/details/ahistoryamerica01towegoog}}. Cf. pp.26-27, 95.</ref> Later, though, whaling vessels frequently included a trywork, a brick furnace and set of try pots built into the deck. | |||
In the 18th and 19th century [[New England]] whaling industry, tryworks on whaling ships allowed the vessels to stay at sea longer as it allowed them to boil out the oil during the voyage and not have to carry unprocessed blubber home. Slices of blubber were cut as thinly as possible for the process, and on New England whaling ships, these slices were known as "bible leaves" by the sailors.<ref> Cf. ''[[Moby-Dick]]'', [[s:Moby-Dick/Chapter 95|Chapter 95, "The Cassock]]", footnote 1.</ref> The ability to use tryworks at sea thus enabled the [[Yankee]] whaling industry to flourish.<ref>[http://www.whalingmuseum.org/library/amwhale/am_index.html "Overview of American Whaling"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100407160857/http://www.whalingmuseum.org/library/amwhale/am_index.html |date=2010-04-07 }}, ''[[New Bedford Whaling Museum]]'', [[New Bedford, Massachusetts]]</ref> | In the 18th and 19th century [[New England]] whaling industry, tryworks on whaling ships allowed the vessels to stay at sea longer as it allowed them to boil out the oil during the voyage and not have to carry unprocessed blubber home. Slices of blubber were cut as thinly as possible for the process, and on New England whaling ships, these slices were known as "bible leaves" by the sailors.<ref> Cf. ''[[Moby-Dick]]'', [[s:Moby-Dick/Chapter 95|Chapter 95, "The Cassock]]", footnote 1.</ref> The ability to use tryworks at sea thus enabled the [[Yankee]] whaling industry to flourish.<ref>[http://www.whalingmuseum.org/library/amwhale/am_index.html "Overview of American Whaling"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100407160857/http://www.whalingmuseum.org/library/amwhale/am_index.html |date=2010-04-07 }}, ''[[New Bedford Whaling Museum]]'', [[New Bedford, Massachusetts]]</ref> | ||
==Try pot== | |||
A '''try pot''' is a large pot used to remove and [[Rendering (animal products)#Rendering processes for edible products|render]] the oil from [[blubber]] obtained from [[cetacea]]ns (whales and dolphins) and [[pinniped]]s (seals), and also to extract oil from [[penguin]]s. Once a suitable animal such as a [[whale]] had been caught and killed, the [[blubber]] was stripped from the carcass in a process known as [[flensing]], cut into pieces, and melted in the try pots to extract the oil. | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
<references/> | <references/> | ||
==Further reading== | |||
* [[Herman Melville|Melville, Herman]], [[Moby-Dick]], [[s:Moby-Dick/Chapter 96|Chapter 96: "The Try-Works"]]. | * [[Herman Melville|Melville, Herman]], [[Moby-Dick]], [[s:Moby-Dick/Chapter 96|Chapter 96: "The Try-Works"]]. | ||
* "Trying Out the Oil", chapter in the book by Peter Cook, ''You Wouldn't Want to Sail on a 19th-Century Whaling Ship!'', New York : Franklin Watts, 2004. {{ISBN|0-531-16399-7}} | * "Trying Out the Oil", chapter in the book by Peter Cook, ''You Wouldn't Want to Sail on a 19th-Century Whaling Ship!'', New York : Franklin Watts, 2004. {{ISBN|0-531-16399-7}} | ||
* {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20041104212259/http://www.salariya.com/web_books/whaling/trying/trying.html "Trying Out the Oil"]}}, chapter in the book by Peter Cook, ''You Wouldn't Want to Sail on a 19th-Century Whaling Ship!'', New York : Franklin Watts, 2004. {{ISBN|0-531-16399-7}} | |||
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[[Category:Whaling implements]] | [[Category:Whaling implements]] | ||
Latest revision as of 20:53, 30 June 2025
A trywork is a furnace, used to heat blubber from whales for the recovery of oil, on a whaling ship.
The trywork is located aft of the fore-mast, and is typically constructed of brick and attached to the deck with iron braces. Two cast-iron trypots are set atop the furnace. It is similar to the rendering process for producing lard by heating or frying fatty pork. A reservoir of water under the bricks keeps the furnace from scorching the wood of the deck.
Context
Early on in the history of whaling, vessels had no means to process blubber at sea and had to bring it into port for processing.[1] Later, though, whaling vessels frequently included a trywork, a brick furnace and set of try pots built into the deck.
In the 18th and 19th century New England whaling industry, tryworks on whaling ships allowed the vessels to stay at sea longer as it allowed them to boil out the oil during the voyage and not have to carry unprocessed blubber home. Slices of blubber were cut as thinly as possible for the process, and on New England whaling ships, these slices were known as "bible leaves" by the sailors.[2] The ability to use tryworks at sea thus enabled the Yankee whaling industry to flourish.[3]
Try pot
A try pot is a large pot used to remove and render the oil from blubber obtained from cetaceans (whales and dolphins) and pinnipeds (seals), and also to extract oil from penguins. Once a suitable animal such as a whale had been caught and killed, the blubber was stripped from the carcass in a process known as flensing, cut into pieces, and melted in the try pots to extract the oil.
References
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".. Cf. pp.26-27, 95.
- ↑ Cf. Moby-Dick, Chapter 95, "The Cassock", footnote 1.
- ↑ "Overview of American Whaling" Template:Webarchive, New Bedford Whaling Museum, New Bedford, Massachusetts
Further reading
- Melville, Herman, Moby-Dick, Chapter 96: "The Try-Works".
- "Trying Out the Oil", chapter in the book by Peter Cook, You Wouldn't Want to Sail on a 19th-Century Whaling Ship!, New York : Franklin Watts, 2004. Template:ISBN
- Template:Usurped, chapter in the book by Peter Cook, You Wouldn't Want to Sail on a 19th-Century Whaling Ship!, New York : Franklin Watts, 2004. Template:ISBN