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Ref No	DM162/10/12/folios 51-60
Title	Letterbook 12: 1841-1866
Description	DM162/10/12/folio 52. Letter to the Directors of the Great Western Steam Ship Company. Letter regarding the Great Britain Steamship and the Great Western Steamship. Extract from report on the advantages of screw propulsion including reduction and transposition of weights, buoyancy, etc., simpler form of ship, comparison of the Great Britain with the Great Western, increased space and strength, less resistance to head winds and seas, paddle effect, screw unaffected by rolling etc., use of sails, regularity of motion, less engine shock or variation, improved steering, diminished breadth of beam etc. [See also Letter book 2, p. 159] 30 October 1841.
Date	1841-September 1866
Format	Manuscript volume
Extent	10 folios

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