| Reference number | PT/11/8 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'On the construction of ships, considered with regard to the improvements lately introduced in England' by Charles Dupin |
| Creator | Dupin; Pierre Charles Francois (1784-1873); French mathematician; engineer; economist; politician |
| Date | [1816] |
| Description | Original version in French found at PT/10/25. Illustrations for this paper have been separated from the manuscript and are found at PT/73/6/8.
Subject: Engineering
Published in French in Philosophical Transactions as 'De la structure des vaisseaux Anglais, considérée dans ses derniers perfectionnements'.
Communicated by Sir Joseph Banks. Read 19 December 1816.
Abstract published in Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society of London], Volume 2, 1833. |
| Extent | 16p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Physical description | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1815.0054 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1817.0010 |
| Related records in the catalogue | PT/10/25 |
| PT/73/6/8 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8116 | Banks; Sir; Joseph (1744 - 1820); naturalist | 1744 - 1820 |