Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.8691
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Old and new methods of stern framing in merchant ships
Date
1820
Creator
Robert Seppings (1767 - 1840, British) , Naval architect
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Material
Dimensions
height (drawing): 252mm
width (drawing): 188mm
width (drawing): 188mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Plate 11 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. Split view of the stern contrasting old-style transoms and new-style design emulating the bow and omitting transoms. Scale to 30 feet below. 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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