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Paper, Proposition on the balance not taken notice of by mechanical writers explained and confirmed by an experiment before the Royal Society by J T [John Theophilus] Desaguliers

Reference number: CLP/18ii/27

Date: 1729

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Original figures of balances attached
Read to the Royal Society on 8 May 1729

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CLP/18ii/27
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1729
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9 pages
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Manuscript

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Paper, Proposition on the balance not taken notice of by mechanical writers explained and confirmed by an experiment before the Royal Society by J T [John Theophilus] Desaguliers, 1729, CLP/18ii/27, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_18ii_27/paper-proposition-on-the-balance-not-taken-notice-of-by-mechanical-writers-explained-and-confirmed-by-an-experiment-before-the-royal-society-by-j-t-john-theophilus-desaguliers, accessed on 08 February 2026

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