Double-bottomed ship
Date
15 November 1662
Creator
Unknown, Artist
After
William Petty (1623 - 1687, British) , Natural philosopher
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p1
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 294mm
width (page): 177mm
width (page): 177mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Figure of a stern piece in the margin of a page in a letter from William Petty to William Brouncker dated 15 November 1662, Dublin. The letter concerns the development of Petty's new ship (a kind of catamaran), for which 'tayles' or 'sterne pieces' had been fitted. The ship was 30 feet long, and the mast was 28 feet.
Object history
At the meeting of the Royal Society on 19 November 1662, ‘Mr. Graunt to communicate an extract of Sir William Petty's letter concerning the new fashioned ship, together with a model of it, at the next meeting’ (Birch 1:126).
On 26 November 1662, ‘Sir William Petty’s second letter to the lord viscount Brouncker was read, giving a farther account of his new ship; as also an extract of another letter of his to Mr. Graunt, who was desired to let Sir William know, that the society was well pleased with the invention’ (Birch 1:131).
On 26 November 1662, ‘Sir William Petty’s second letter to the lord viscount Brouncker was read, giving a farther account of his new ship; as also an extract of another letter of his to Mr. Graunt, who was desired to let Sir William know, that the society was well pleased with the invention’ (Birch 1:131).
Related fellows
William Brouncker, 2nd Viscount Brouncker of Lyons (1620 - 1684, British) , Mathematician
William Petty (1623 - 1687, British) , Natural philosopher
John Graunt (1620 - 1674, British) , Statistician
William Petty (1623 - 1687, British) , Natural philosopher
John Graunt (1620 - 1674, British) , Statistician
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