Paper, 'A description of the horizontal sails with their use and benefitt' by Gilbert Clerke
Reference number: CLP/3i/67
Date: 07 November 1688
Description
Clerke describes his invention of horizontal sails, or windmill blades, discussing their construction, force, and benefit, and answers objections to his invention.
Subject: Engineering
Written by Clerke at St Martins [Church] in Stamford [Lincolnshire, England]. Read to the Royal Society on 9 April 1690.
- Reference number
- CLP/3i/67
- Earliest possible date
- 07 November 1688
- Physical description
- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 18 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Paper, 'A description of the horizontal sails with their use and benefitt' by Gilbert Clerke, 07 November 1688, CLP/3i/67, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_3i_67/paper-a-description-of-the-horizontal-sails-with-their-use-and-benefitt-by-gilbert-clerke, accessed on 22 April 2025
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Classified papers: volume 3i concerning 'Mechanicks, Trades, Engineering, Navigation'
Reference number: CLP/3i
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