Edward Harper and Christopher Wilson: petition presented to the House of Commons by Harper and Wilson, 1809.

Edward Harper and Christopher Wilson: petition presented to the House of Commons by Harper and Wilson,1809; after taking out a patent for improved methods of shipbuilding Harper and Wilson were invited to demonstrate their invention at Deptford yard. They consequently worked there for two years, 1807-1809 when they were dismissed without receiving any pay or compensation for the private business they had lost.

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ID:	SCS/8
Type:	Manuscript
Display location:	Not on display
Date made:	1807-1809
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Parts:	Shipbuilding (Manuscript) Letter patent for improvement in side propellers for ocean and river vessels granted to Luke Thomas, 1865, (Related Material SCS/18). (Manuscript) (SCS/1) Articles of agreement between Frances Barnard, widow of William Barnard shipbuilder, and William Hamilton, merchant, to build a ship for the East India Company in Bernard's yard at Deptford. (Manuscript) (SCS/2) Souvenir card of the launching of HMS PRINCE CONSORT at Pembroke Dock on 26 June 1862. (Manuscript) (SCS/3) Description of the machine which steered HMS IPSWICH home from Bermuda to Plymouth, Mar-April 1746, diagram with explanatory notes, n.d. and unsigned. (Manuscript) (SCS/4) Diagram of apparatus for hoisting foremast of HMS PHAETON, 1805. (Manuscript) (SCS/5) John Favier: observations of the qualities of HMS DEPTFORD storeship, printed form. (Manuscript) (SCS/6) Lieutenant E May's improved system of lowering and disengaging ships boats, 1866. (Manuscript) (SCS/7) Edward Harper and Christopher Wilson: petition presented to the House of Commons by Harper and Wilson, 1809. (Manuscript) (SCS/8) Diagram showing the stern of a ship with a topmast rudder hard down c.1805. (Manuscript) (SCS/9) John List, civil engineer: drawing and specification of Napier-List coffee machine, 1890. (Manuscript) (SCS/10) Messrs R Napier and Sons, Govan Yard, shipbuilders: particulars of vessels and of iron clads built in tabular form. (Manuscript) (SCS/11) HMS GUNNERY: papers relating to Sir Percy Scott's design for HMS GUNNERY, 1911. (Manuscript) (SCS/12) Life Boat Design: printed letter and draft by John White relating to life boat design, 1873. (Manuscript) (SCS/13) HMSS VIPER, STAG and CANOPUS: rough notes on engine tests, 1898. (Manuscript) (SCS/14) Atlantic Telegraph: patent specifications and press cuttings on shipbuilding and the Atlantic Telegraph in the 1860s, collected by Cedric Atkinson. (Manuscript) (SCS/15) G R Weddell: native craft of the Indian Ocean, notes and plans by G.R. Weddell. (Manuscript) (SCS/16) Specifications for a 9000 ton cruiser prepared at the Royal Naval College by W P Padbury, September 1941. (Manuscript) (SCS/17) Final specifications for 'Improvements in Side Propellors for Ocean and River Vessels'.; Patent Office Certificates of Leaving and Provisional Protection regarding 'A lifting Gallery applicable to Ships and Forts'. (Manuscript) (SCS/18) Letter from Admiral John Schanck to Sir Evan Francis Edwards, regarding sliding keels, dated 22 April 1789. (Manuscript) (SCS/19) Contract to build the ship "Tottenham" between Thomas Haws (shipbuilder of "Stockton") and Wigram & Co. of London, dated March 1801. (Manuscript) (SCS/20)

Edward Harper and Christopher Wilson: petition presented to the House of Commons by Harper and Wilson, 1809.

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