| RefNo | AP/8A/16/1 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Unpublished manuscript, 'A further explanation of the new principle of constructing His Majesty's ships of war' by Robert Seppings |
| Date | [1815] |
| Description | Seppings provides a follow-up to his first paper on shipbuilding, published in volume 104 of Philosophical Transactions as 'On a new principle of constructing His Majesty's ships of war'. In this new paper, he provides practical experimental results that support theoretical principles of shipbuilding discussed in his first paper.
Numerous corrections, deletions, and marginalia appear throughout in graphite.
Subject: Engineering
Read to the Royal Society on 27 April 1815. |
| Extent | 31p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedRecord | AP/8A/16 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA7101 | Seppings; Sir; Robert (1767 - 1840) | 1767 - 1840 |