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Paper, 'Experiments on the best form for vessels to move through the water with least resistance' by Mark Beaufoy

Reference number: L&P/8/129

Date: 1785

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Contains two plates and a large table.

Subject: Physics

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Reference number
L&P/8/129
Earliest possible date
1785
Physical description
Ink on paper, two plates and a table
Page extent
11 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Mark Beaufoy

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Mark Beaufoy, Paper, 'Experiments on the best form for vessels to move through the water with least resistance' by Mark Beaufoy, 1785, L&P/8/129, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_8_129/paper-experiments-on-the-best-form-for-vessels-to-move-through-the-water-with-least-resistance-by-mark-beaufoy, accessed on 24 January 2025

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