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Six original figures of the crane attached
Read to the Royal Society on 11 December 1729
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 36, no 411, p 194

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CLP/18ii/28
Earliest possible date
1729
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10 pages
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Manuscript

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Paper, Observations of a crane with improvements on the machine by J T [John Theophilus] Desaguliers, 1729, CLP/18ii/28, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_18ii_28/paper-observations-of-a-crane-with-improvements-on-the-machine-by-j-t-john-theophilus-desaguliers, accessed on 07 March 2026

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