| RefNo | RBO/20/20 |
| AltRefNo | RBO.20.200 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | 'The Description of a Machine called by the Dutch a Kameel or Camel, used to carry their large Ships over the Shallows' by Cromwell Mortimer |
| Date | 1736 |
| Description | Machine resembles a large flat-bottomed boat and was invented by Meeuwis Meindertsz Bakker, citizen of Amsterdam in 1688
Explanations of figures are given but no figure attached
Read to the Royal Society on 10 February 1736 |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 7 sides |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8055 | Mortimer; Cromwell (c 1699 - 1752) | c 1699 - 1752 |