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Captain [Arthur Batt] Bingham on a perpetual log, 1823

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/31: 247-249

Scope and Contents

Letter to Dr Thomas Young requesting to submit a model of a perpetual log invented and used by Bingham while in command of the ship HMS Dover. He also provides a description of the log and how it should be used.

Dates

  • 1823

Creator

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Extent

3 folio(s) (3 ff.) : Paper

Language of Materials

English

Originator(s)

Bingham, [Arthur Batt]

Original geographic information

London [destination]

Finding aid date

2011-11-29 16:58:12+00:00

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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