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RefNoCLP/7i/36
LevelItem
TitlePaper, 'What a compleat treatise of navigation should containe' by William Petty
Date1685
DescriptionPetty's suggestions include considerations relating to mathematics, astronomy, meteorology, the tides, fishing, jurisdiction at sea, shipbuilding, instruments to use, economics, properties of materials such as iron and timber, shipping lanes and examples of five or six of the best navies and dockyards of Europe.

Subject: Navigation

Read to the Royal Society on 24 March 1686
LanguageEnglish
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1693.0015
JBO/8/43
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CodePersonNameDates
NA8268Petty; Sir; William (1623 - 1687); natural philosopher, administrator, and economist1623 - 1687
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