RefNo | EL/M1/26 |
Level | Item |
Title | Paper, 'Report of the committee of the members of the R[oyal] Society in Ireland appointed to examine the structure and sayling of Sir William Petty's new shipp', dated at Dublin |
Date | 5 January 1662 |
Description | Those on the committee from the Society were Lord Massareen, Anthony Morgan, Peter Pett, Robert Southwell, William Petty. Conference discussed the double-bottomed ship (catamaran) - list of objections to its construction are given with explanations Read to the Royal Society on 28 January 1662 |
Language | English |
Extent | 12p |
Format | Manuscript |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
AccessStatus | Open |
URLDescription | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |