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Letter concerning Edward Massey's sounding machine, 1815-06-08
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/31: 140
Scope and Contents
Copy of a letter from Captain Thomas Hurd to [John Wilson] Croker requesting that the Board of Admiralty renew their orders for a trial at sea of both Massey's sounding machine and another invented by [Peter] Burt. Hurd mentions that Massey had been granted a reward for his invention before Burt's sounding machine had become known to them.
Dates:
1815-06-08
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