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Paper in Latin regarding the construction and navigation of ships. The paper is preceded by a letter in which Euler asks to have his paper presented on his behalf to the Royal Society. Two pages of figures at end of paper.

Subject: Engineering

Reference number
AP/4/7
Earliest possible date
28 January 1774
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
48 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Leonhard Euler

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Leonhard Euler, Unpublished letter and paper, on the construction and manoeuvering of ships by L [Leonhard] Euler, 28 January 1774, AP/4/7, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_4_7/unpublished-letter-and-paper-on-the-construction-and-manoeuvering-of-ships-by-l-leonhard-euler, accessed on 18 January 2026

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