Paper, regarding answers to objections against an engine for raising water by rarefaction of air by Denis Papin

Reference number: CLP/18i/46

Date: 1687

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With figures
Papin answers the criticisms made by Mr Nuis
Also Papin gives his answer to the person who intends to build an engine with perpetual motion
Read to the Royal Society on 23 March 1687

Reference number: CLP/18i/46
Earliest possible date: 1687
Physical description: Ink on paper
Page extent: 5 pages
Format: Manuscript

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Denis Papin

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Denis Papin, Paper, regarding answers to objections against an engine for raising water by rarefaction of air by Denis Papin, 1687, CLP/18i/46, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_18i_46/paper-regarding-answers-to-objections-against-an-engine-for-raising-water-by-rarefaction-of-air-by-denis-papin, accessed on 24 March 2025

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Classified papers of the Royal Society
1660-1741 Reference number: CLP
Classified papers: volume 18i of classified papers concering 'Papin and Hauksbee papers'
1678-1712 Creator: Denis Papin , Francis Hauksbee Reference number: CLP/18i

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