Object Detail


Object Name
document
Description
Letter to Richard Burnell from Richard Norton regarding the calculations of the effectiveness of the sliding rigger system. Includes two scale diagrams comparing the sliding seat and sliding rigger. Dated the 10 December 1961.

Letter is white sheet with black handwritten text on both sides. Two pages of hand drawn diagrams in red and green pencil, showing the arcs of the oars made when rowing with the sliding seat and sliding rigger. Notes written in pencil beside the drawings.
Accession No
2002.154.8
Collection
Rowing
Associated Date
10 Dec 1961
Associated Period
20th century
Date
10 Dec 1961

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