On a new principle of constructing ships in the mercantile navy
On a new principle of constructing ships in the mercantile navy

On a new principle of constructing ships in the mercantile navy

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by Robert Seppings

London, Royal Society, 1820.

4to. 11 pages of text and four engraved plates.

disbound. good clean condition. unopened at the top edge.


an original paper extracted from the Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society. Seppings was knighted in 1819 and retained the position of Surveyor of the Navy from 1813 to 1832.