Paper, 'An account of the manner of bending planks in His Majesty's yards at Depthford [Deptford, London] by a sand-heat; invented by Captain Cumberland' by Robert Cay
Reference number: CLP/7ii/2
Date: 29 March 1722

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Cay provides details about a method used in shipbuilding. Figure and explanation of figure attached.
Subject: Shipbuilding
Read to the Royal Society on 29 March 1722
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'An account of the manner of bending planks in His Majesty's Yards at Deptford, by a sand-heat, invented by Captain Cumberland'
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- CLP/7ii/2
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- 29 March 1722
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- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 5 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Paper, 'An account of the manner of bending planks in His Majesty's yards at Depthford [Deptford, London] by a sand-heat; invented by Captain Cumberland' by Robert Cay, 29 March 1722, CLP/7ii/2, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_7ii_2/paper-an-account-of-the-manner-of-bending-planks-in-his-majestys-yards-at-depthford-deptford-london-by-a-sand-heat-invented-by-captain-cumberland-by-robert-cay, accessed on 06 February 2025
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Date: 31st December 1723
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1722.0014
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Classified papers: volume 7ii concerning 'Architecture, Ship-building, Geography, Navigation, Voyages, Travels'
1721-1739 Reference number: CLP/7ii
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