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Letter, introducing accompanying paper on shipbuilding from John Barrow to Sir Joseph Banks

Reference number: PT/14/10

Date: 01 February 1820

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Letter introducing a paper by Sir Robert Seppings titled 'On a new principle of constructing ships in the mercantile navy'. Sent from John Barrow at the Admiralty to Sir Joseph Banks. Seppings' paper is found at PT/14/11.

Subject: Engineering

This letter was not published in Philosophical Transactions.

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PT/14/10
Earliest possible date
01 February 1820
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Ink on paper
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1 page
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Manuscript

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John Barrow

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John Barrow, Letter, introducing accompanying paper on shipbuilding from John Barrow to Sir Joseph Banks, 01 February 1820, PT/14/10, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_14_10/letter-introducing-accompanying-paper-on-shipbuilding-from-john-barrow-to-sir-joseph-banks, accessed on 03 December 2024

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