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[Broadsheet] Sir William Petty's Plan for a system of instruction relative to the business of the Marine Department, in the same words as the original; but with the articles transposed, and marginal titles, supplemental titles, and remarks added / [Arranged and with amendments, by] Samuel Bentham. 1779 June. [A syllabus of naval knowledge relating to the construction, equipment, navigation and use of ships. It was 'exhibited to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty' in 1795. [Petty was appointed a Commissioner of the Navy in 1681. His 'Treatise of Naval Philosophy', published in 1691 bound in another work, comprised three parts: A Phisico-Mathematical Discourse of Ships and Sailing; Of Naval Policy; Of Naval Oeconomy or Husbandry]

Broadsheet Sir William Petty's Plan for a system of instruction relative to the business of the Marine Department

1779

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Veneer cut by machinery invented by Sir Samuel Bentam

Three mahogany samples, from spindle moulder machine

Winding handle for spindle moulder

Toy bricks

Broadsheet Sir William Petty's Plan for a system of instruction relative to the business of the Marine Department

Spindle moulder, for cutting wood into curved, bevelled, and winding forms

Spindle moulder, for cutting wood into different forms, with handle, plus three mahogany samples