Which risk critically increased during 18th-century wooden ship construction when kiln-drying was prematurely adopted without proper seasoning?

💡 Explanation

Increased susceptibility to dry rot became a risk because internal stresses induced by rapid drying through differential shrinkage compromise the wood's structure, thus increasing the surface area accessible to fungal decay, rather than offering increased resistance to marine life.

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