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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

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RBO/14/54
Earliest possible date
1729
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5 pages
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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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