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RefNoCLP/7ii/2
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TitlePaper, 'An account of the manner of bending planks in His Majesty's yards at Depthford [Deptford, London] by a sand-heat; invented by Captain Cumberland' by Robert Cay
Date1722
DescriptionCay provides details about a method used in shipbuilding. Figure and explanation of figure attached.

Subject: Shipbuilding

Read to the Royal Society on 29 March 1722

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'An account of the manner of bending planks in His Majesty's Yards at Deptford, by a sand-heat, invented by Captain Cumberland'
LanguageEnglish
Extent5p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1722.0014
RelatedRecordRBO/11/50
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