Record

RefNoAP/11/18
LevelFile
TitleUnpublished papers and letter, 'Rapport sur les nouveaux ponts en fer forgé et en bois' ['Report on new wrought-iron and wood bridges'] by [Bernard] Poyet
DateFebruary-September 1820
DescriptionTwo papers, one presented to the Athenaeum of Arts in Paris and the other to the Royal Academy of Sciences in Paris, describing a new type of bridge made of wrought-iron and wood designed by Poyet. Followed by a covering letter from Poyet to the President of the Royal Society [William Hyde Wollaston].

Subject: Engineering
LanguageFrench
Extent13p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
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Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8298Wollaston; William Hyde (1766 - 1828); chemist, physicist and physiologist1766 - 1828
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