'A New model for Bridges over large Rivers' by John Allen
Reference number: RBO/14/54
Date: 1729
Description
Three original figures attached:
- elevation of a bridge over a river 800 feet wide
- one of the arches drawn to a large scale
- plan of one of the arches
Read to the Royal Society on 8 May 1729
- Reference number
- RBO/14/54
- Earliest possible date
- 1729
- Page extent
- 5 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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'A New model for Bridges over large Rivers' by John Allen, 1729, RBO/14/54, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_14_54/a-new-model-for-bridges-over-large-rivers-by-john-allen, accessed on 10 February 2026
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Register Book of the Royal Society Volume 14, copies of papers communicated 1728-1730
1728-1730 Reference number: RBO/14
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