Record

RefNoAP/9/23/1
LevelItem
TitleUnpublished manuscript, 'Observations on the new system of diagonal framing, introduced into HM [His Majesty's] Navy by R [Robert] Seppings Esq' by William Morgan
Date[1819]
DescriptionMorgan analyses the advantages of Seppings' system of diagonal framing in shipbuilding, preventing the ship from arching in the direction of its length. Minor annotations appear throughout in graphite.

Subject: Engineering

Written by Morgan at the Deptford Dockyard [London]. Communicated by Thomas Young. Read to the Royal Society 22 April 1819.
Extent12p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedRecordAP/9/23
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA7947Young; Thomas (1773 - 1829); physician, physicist and Egyptologist1773 - 1829
NA7101Seppings; Sir; Robert (1767 - 1840)1767 - 1840
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