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RefNoEC/1833/10
Previous numbersCert VIII, 79; A04344
LevelItem
TitleLihou, John: certificate of election to the Royal Society
CitationJohn Lihou Esqr of Guernsey, a gentleman lately promoted to the rank of Captain in the Royal Navy for having invented and introduced into His Majesty's Service a very useful and scientific mode of fitting Ship's Rudders (an interesting invention advancing the security and perfection of Navigation) being desirous of becoming a Fellow of the Royal Society; we the undersigned do, from our personal knowledge, recommend him as deserving that honor
ProposersJohn Barrow; H John Spencer Churchill; A Bourke Lambert; S John Brooke Pechell; F Beaufort; A Baird; Ralph Watson
AccessStatusOpen
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Lihou, John: certificate of election to the Royal Society

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CodePersonNameDates
NA2464Lihou; John (1792 - 1840)1792 - 1840
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