Copy of a letter, from William Petty to William Brouncker
Reference number: EL/P1/15
Date: 01 January 1662
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Original dated 29 October 1662
Account of Petty's double-bottomed ship (catamaran) with figures in text
- Reference number
- EL/P1/15
- Earliest possible date
- 01 January 1662
- Page extent
- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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William Petty, Sir; William Petty, Copy of a letter, from William Petty to William Brouncker, 01 January 1662, EL/P1/15, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_p1_15/copy-of-a-letter-from-william-petty-to-william-brouncker, accessed on 20 July 2025
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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
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William Brouncker
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William Petty
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