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Paper, 'A new invention for navigation (an improved oar)' by Pierre Leonard Masson de Chevriere

Reference number: L&P/1/175

Date: 1742

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One page in French and three pages in English.

Subject: Navigation/Engineering

Read 10 March 1742.

Reference number
L&P/1/175
Earliest possible date
1742
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'A new invention for navigation (an improved oar)' by Pierre Leonard Masson de Chevriere, 1742, L&P/1/175, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_175/paper-a-new-invention-for-navigation-an-improved-oar-by-pierre-leonard-masson-de-chevriere, accessed on 02 December 2024

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