Credit: © The Royal Society
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
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Material
Dimensions
height (drawing): 241mm
width (drawing): 183mm
width (drawing): 183mm
Subject
Content object
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.
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