Unpublished letter, regarding leather storm sails and tents from Jacob Lawrence to T [Thomas] Young
Reference number: AP/12/14
Date: 04 October 1826

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Lawrence introduces his two inventions, a leather storm sail and a leather tent, which he proposes are an improvement on their canvas counterparts. He recounts shipwreck disasters caused by canvas sails, which he believes would have been avoided had his leather storm sails been used. He reports also that his leather tents are warmer and drier than canvas tents, envisioning their use by arctic discovery crews.
Subject: Industry
Written by Lawrence in Barnstaple, Devon [England] and addressed to Young at Somerset Place, London. Postmarked 6 October 1826.
- Reference number
- AP/12/14
- Earliest possible date
- 04 October 1826
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- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Unpublished letter, regarding leather storm sails and tents from Jacob Lawrence to T [Thomas] Young, 04 October 1826, AP/12/14, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_12_14/unpublished-letter-regarding-leather-storm-sails-and-tents-from-jacob-lawrence-to-t-thomas-young, accessed on 16 February 2025
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Archived papers: volume 12, scientific papers submitted the Royal Society unpublished or abstracted, 1825-1826
1824-1828 Reference number: AP/12
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