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RefNoPT/73/6/8
LevelItem
TitleDrawings, 'Figures de l'examen théorique du nouveau système de charpente' [a new carpentry system] by [Charles Dupin]
CreatorDupin; Pierre Charles Franois (1784-1873); French mathematician; engineer; economist; politician
Date[1816]
DescriptionPlate 6 showing shipbuilding plans. Figure 3 has been corrected, a new version overlaying the original an attached by sealing wax. The work is inscribed with publication and plate details. Not signed. Royal Society stamp verso.

Subject: Engineering

Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'De la structure des vaisseaux Anglais, considérée dans ses derniers perfectionnements' by Charles Dupin.

Read to the Royal Society on 19 December 1816.
Extent1p
FormatDrawing
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
Dimensions220x220mm
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1815.0054
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1817.0010
RelatedRecordPT/10/25
PT/11/8
URLDescriptionDigital version available on The Royal Society Picture Library
URLhttps://pictures.royalsociety.org/image-rs-8646
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