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Paper, 'On the carronade' by Charles Gascoigne

Reference number: L&P/7/117

Date: 16 April 1779

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Contains plate.

Subject: Engineering

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Reference number
L&P/7/117
Earliest possible date
16 April 1779
Physical description
Ink on paper and plate
Page extent
5 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'On the carronade' by Charles Gascoigne, 16 April 1779, L&P/7/117, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_7_117/paper-on-the-carronade-by-charles-gascoigne, accessed on 11 July 2025

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