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Box 6

 Container

Contains 19 Results:

Dimensions and explanations of the frames, timbers, and knees of a ship, undated

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 16
Identifier: B.
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Subseries B. Wood for Building contains reports on different types of wood, dimensions of the pieces of wood for different locations on the vessels, and memoranda about wood from different regions.

Dates: undated

Report from de Pontis on tests on the Venus, undated

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 1
Identifier: C.
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Subseries C. Rope Making and Strength contains test results about different types of ropes, memoranda on different types of rope and hemp, sales records of rope in certain areas. This subseries also contains correspondence about tests, experiments, and results on rope and rope making.

Dates: undated

Report from de Sevilly on the tests on the Charente, undated

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 1
Identifier: C.
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Subseries C. Rope Making and Strength contains test results about different types of ropes, memoranda on different types of rope and hemp, sales records of rope in certain areas. This subseries also contains correspondence about tests, experiments, and results on rope and rope making.

Dates: undated

Correspondence concerning the tests, 1740-1745, undated

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 2
Identifier: C.
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Subseries C. Rope Making and Strength contains test results about different types of ropes, memoranda on different types of rope and hemp, sales records of rope in certain areas. This subseries also contains correspondence about tests, experiments, and results on rope and rope making.

Dates: 1740-1745, undated

Experiments for determining the strength of rope, 1740

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 3
Identifier: C.
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Subseries C. Rope Making and Strength contains test results about different types of ropes, memoranda on different types of rope and hemp, sales records of rope in certain areas. This subseries also contains correspondence about tests, experiments, and results on rope and rope making.

Dates: 1740

Tests on ropes, 1741-1743

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 3
Identifier: C.
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Subseries C. Rope Making and Strength contains test results about different types of ropes, memoranda on different types of rope and hemp, sales records of rope in certain areas. This subseries also contains correspondence about tests, experiments, and results on rope and rope making.

Dates: 1741-1743

"Treatise on Rope Making" from the Office of the Rope Factory, circa 1740

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 4
Identifier: C.
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Subseries C. Rope Making and Strength contains test results about different types of ropes, memoranda on different types of rope and hemp, sales records of rope in certain areas. This subseries also contains correspondence about tests, experiments, and results on rope and rope making.

Dates: circa 1740

"Treatise on Rope and Rope Making", undated

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 5
Identifier: C.
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Subseries C. Rope Making and Strength contains test results about different types of ropes, memoranda on different types of rope and hemp, sales records of rope in certain areas. This subseries also contains correspondence about tests, experiments, and results on rope and rope making.

Dates: undated

Report on the rope factory at Rochefort, undated

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 6
Identifier: C.
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Subseries C. Rope Making and Strength contains test results about different types of ropes, memoranda on different types of rope and hemp, sales records of rope in certain areas. This subseries also contains correspondence about tests, experiments, and results on rope and rope making.

Dates: undated

Extract about the construction of a pump tried out in the new canal at London, translated from an English paper, undated

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 7
Identifier: E.
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Subseries E. Pumps contains comparisons of different types of pumps that were in use, descriptions of new pumps, and correspondence about types of pumps. In box 6, folder 11, one of the manuscripts is an explanation of a diagram of a specific pump. The diagram has been removed from this collection, and is in the Maritime Art and History department's collection, item numbers M10433 and M10435.

Dates: undated