Letter, from William Petty to William Brouncker
Reference number: EL/P1/14
Date: 29 October 1662
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Account of Petty's double-bottomed ship (catamaran) called 'Simon and Jude' because it was launched on the feast day of Simon and Jude (28 October) - later called 'Invention' -had two 'cylinders' each two foot in diameter with a mast 20 feet long - sailed with a single 'smack-sayle' from Dublin to Lacy Hill - details about how she sailed - carry 40 men - that several models had been made - one to carry three men was constructed before this version
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- 29 October 1662
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- 7 pages
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William Petty, Letter, from William Petty to William Brouncker, 29 October 1662, EL/P1/14, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_p1_14/letter-from-william-petty-to-william-brouncker, accessed on 16 May 2025
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William Brouncker
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William Petty
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