A London encyclopaedia, or universal dictionary of science, art, literature and practical mechanics : comprising a popular view of the present state of knowledge : illustrated by numerous engravings, a general atlas, and appropriate diagrams (1829)
Curtis, Thomas, fl. 1820 · London : Thomas Tegg · leaf 727
See Mr. Peache, of Lambeth, took out a patentfor a floating buoy on a new construction inApril, 1807. It is formed by pieces of woodlongitudinally applied to each other, after themanner of staves ; but instead of making thejoints to consist of flat surfaces, evenly or squarelyapplied to or against…
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