Paper, Details of a machine to draw damp or foul air out of mines, wells, caves etc by J T [John Theophilus] Desaguliers
Reference number: CLP/18ii/20
Date: 21 May 1727
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Also how fresh air might be conveyed into a particular part of a mine through several hollows which are full of stale air
That a working model of the machine had been made to the scale of an inch to a foot - the model consists of a triple crank working three pumps which suck and force air by means of three regulators
Outlines four experiments with comments
Read to the Royal Society on 18 May 1727
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- CLP/18ii/20
- Earliest possible date
- 21 May 1727
- Page extent
- 5 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Paper, Details of a machine to draw damp or foul air out of mines, wells, caves etc by J T [John Theophilus] Desaguliers, 21 May 1727, CLP/18ii/20, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_18ii_20/paper-details-of-a-machine-to-draw-damp-or-foul-air-out-of-mines-wells-caves-etc-by-j-t-john-theophilus-desaguliers, accessed on 13 May 2025
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