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Account of William Petty's double-bottomed ship (catamaran) by unknown author

Reference number: EL/P1/35

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Concerning Petty's new ship 'the Experiment' - to carry 200 men, had guns

Reference number
EL/P1/35
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Account of William Petty's double-bottomed ship (catamaran) by unknown author, EL/P1/35, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_p1_35/account-of-william-pettys-double-bottomed-ship-catamaran-by-unknown-author, accessed on 08 May 2026

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