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Unpublished paper and letter, on a new system of navigation by [Jean François?] Poulliot

Reference number: AP/11/14

Date: 01 October 1823

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Poulliot proposes a new system of navigation based on the oscillating movement of water, caused both by tides and by wind. He finishes his paper by posing two questions to the Royal Society: whether the oscillating movement of the sea can be considered a driving power and whether it is possible that this power could be applicable to floating bodies. Preceded by a covering letter from Poulliot to Sir Humphry Davy.

Subject: Physics

Written by Poulliot of Pont Audemer in Paris [France].

Reference number
AP/11/14
Earliest possible date
01 October 1823
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Ink on paper
Page extent
18 pages
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Manuscript

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Unpublished paper and letter, on a new system of navigation by [Jean François?] Poulliot, 01 October 1823, AP/11/14, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_11_14/unpublished-paper-and-letter-on-a-new-system-of-navigation-by-jean-françois-poulliot, accessed on 04 December 2025

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