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Manuscript, 'Explication des pieces de l'harquebuze a vent' [Explanation of the parts of the wind arquebus] by Denis Papin

Reference number: CLP/18i/1/1

Date: 1678

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Papin presents a description of an arquebus, with a figure of the apparatus.

Subject: Weapons

Read to the Royal Scoiety on 18 April 1678

Reference number
CLP/18i/1/1
Earliest possible date
1678
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Ink on paper
Page extent
3 pages
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Manuscript

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Denis Papin

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Denis Papin, Manuscript, 'Explication des pieces de l'harquebuze a vent' [Explanation of the parts of the wind arquebus] by Denis Papin, 1678, CLP/18i/1/1, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_18i_1_1/manuscript-explication-des-pieces-de-lharquebuze-a-vent-explanation-of-the-parts-of-the-wind-arquebus-by-denis-papin, accessed on 15 October 2024

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