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Paper, 'Report of the committee of the members of the R[oyal] Society in Ireland appointed to examine the structure and sayling of Sir William Petty's new shipp', dated at Dublin

Reference number: EL/M1/26

Date: 5 January 1662

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Those on the committee from the Society were Lord Massareen, Anthony Morgan, Peter Pett, Robert Southwell, William Petty.
Conference discussed the double-bottomed ship (catamaran) - list of objections to its construction are given with explanations
Read to the Royal Society on 28 January 1662

Reference number
EL/M1/26
Earliest possible date
5 January 1662
Page extent
12 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'Report of the committee of the members of the R[oyal] Society in Ireland appointed to examine the structure and sayling of Sir William Petty's new shipp', dated at Dublin, 5 January 1662, EL/M1/26, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_m1_26/paper-report-of-the-committee-of-the-members-of-the-royal-society-in-ireland-appointed-to-examine-the-structure-and-sayling-of-sir-william-pettys-new-shipp-dated-at-dublin, accessed on 15 October 2026

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