Credit: ©The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.15478

    Design for boat to be sailed from the shore

    Date
    17th century
    Creator
    Unknown, Artist
    Object type
    Archive reference number
    Manuscript page number
    p3
    Material
    Dimensions
    height (page): 380mm
    width (page): 302mm
    Subject
    Content object
    transport
       > ship
    Description
    Description of the design of a boat that can be pulled from the shore against a current. The four wheels will do the work of rowers and are moved by the pulling of the ropes that make the wheels turn.
    Transcription
    Simetria della Barca guidata.
    A. Pianta
    B. L'altra di 2 arbori
    c. La poppa et prova della barca
    D. Taler fatto di trabatura che sustenta l'asse con le ruote
    E. L'asse
    F. Trombe, ore s'involtano le corde
    G. Catena che fa girar tutte due asse
    H. 4 ruote a foggia di molini
    I. L'asse con li 2 barilli, ore s'involtano le corde alle parte della poppa
    K. Arbore con li girolli
    L. Dentatura
    K. M. Catena
    Transcribed by the Making Visible project
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