Paper, Account of an experiment explaining a mechanical paradox by J T [John Theophilus] Desaguliers
Reference number: CLP/18ii/33
Date: 1731
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Mechanical paradox to explain that two bodies of equal weight suspended on a sort of balance do not lose their equilibrium, by being removed one farther from the other nearer to the centre
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Read to the Royal Society on 25 February 1731
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- CLP/18ii/33
- Earliest possible date
- 1731
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- 5 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Paper, Account of an experiment explaining a mechanical paradox by J T [John Theophilus] Desaguliers, 1731, CLP/18ii/33, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_18ii_33/paper-account-of-an-experiment-explaining-a-mechanical-paradox-by-j-t-john-theophilus-desaguliers, accessed on 23 January 2026
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