Unpublished letter and paper, on the construction and manoeuvering of ships by L [Leonhard] Euler
Reference number: AP/4/7
Date: 28 January 1774
Description
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
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Leonhard Euler, Unpublished letter and paper, on the construction and manoeuvering of ships by L [Leonhard] Euler, 28 January 1774, AP/4/7, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_4_7/unpublished-letter-and-paper-on-the-construction-and-manoeuvering-of-ships-by-l-leonhard-euler, accessed on 18 January 2026
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Archived papers: volume 4, scientific papers submitted to the Royal Society unpublished or abstracted, 1762-1780
1768-1780 Reference number: AP/4
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Leonhard Euler
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Dates: 1768 - 1989
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