Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.8689
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Cross section of a merchant ship
Date
1820
Creator
Robert Seppings (1767 - 1840, British) , Naval architect
Object type
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Material
Dimensions
height (drawing): 240mm
width (drawing): 173mm
width (drawing): 173mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Plate 9 figure 5 from the paper "On a new principle of constructing ships in the mercantile navy", by Robert Seppings, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol.110 (1820), pp.133-143. Section through half of a three-decked merchant vessel to show timbers crossing the vessel's keel evenly. The work is inscribed with publication and plate details. Not signed. Royal Society stamp verso.
Object history
An illustration produced for publication in the journal Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.
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