Reference number | RBO/20/20 |
Alternative reference number | 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 |
Access status | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | Name | Dates |
NA8055 | Mortimer; Cromwell (c 1699 - 1752) | c 1699 - 1752 |