New method of joining ribs of a merchant ship
1820
Robert Seppings (1767 - 1840, British) , Naval architect
height (drawing): 241mm
width (drawing): 183mm
width (drawing): 183mm
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.
An illustration produced for publication in the journal Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.