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Paper, regarding a new fashion of clock wheels and pinions by Denis Papin

Reference number: CLP/18i/69

Date: 1711

Description

The new clock wheel developed because a weight like a clock was required to move the hessian bellows
Discusses problems with ordinary clockworks and how Papin has improved them
Refers to a figure but no figure attached
Read to the Royal Society on 3 May 1711

Reference number
CLP/18i/69
Earliest possible date
1711
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Ink on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Denis Papin

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Denis Papin, Paper, regarding a new fashion of clock wheels and pinions by Denis Papin, 1711, CLP/18i/69, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_18i_69/paper-regarding-a-new-fashion-of-clock-wheels-and-pinions-by-denis-papin, accessed on 14 November 2025

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