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    Image number: RS.8690
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    New method of joining ribs of a merchant ship

    Date
    1820
    Creator
    Robert Seppings (1767 - 1840, British) , Naval architect
    Object type
    Archive reference number
    Material
    Dimensions
    height (drawing): 241mm
    width (drawing): 183mm
    Subject
    Content object
    transport
       > boat
    Description
    Plate 9 figure 4 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. Two illustrations to show shorter timber components for each rib connected by dowels. 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.
    Associated place
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          > United Kingdom
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