| Reference number | CLP/7i/37 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'A discourse considering the most seasonable time of felling timber by the advice of the honourable Samuel Pepys' by Robert Plot |
| Date | [c1687] |
| Description | Plot compares customs of felling trees in the south of England with that of Staffordshire, in the hope it may benefit the Royal Navy.
Subject: Industry / Shipbuilding
Read to the Royal Society on 18 May 1687 |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 4p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1686.0082
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 16 (1686), p 455 |
| JBO/8/147 |
| Related records in the catalogue | RBO/7/10 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8433 | Pepys; Samuel (1633 - 1703); naval official and diarist | 1633 - 1703 |
| NA7670 | Plot; Robert (1640 - 1696); naturalist and antiquary | 1640 - 1696 |