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Paper, 'A horizontall windmill' by G [Gilbert] Clarke

Reference number: CLP/3i/47

Date: 1668

Description

Paper by Gilbert Clarke written in both English and French. Clarke describes the location of a windmill's wings [blades] and shutters.

Subject: Machinery

Read to the Royal Society on 18 March 1668.

Reference number
CLP/3i/47
Earliest possible date
1668
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'A horizontall windmill' by G [Gilbert] Clarke, 1668, CLP/3i/47, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_3i_47/paper-a-horizontall-windmill-by-g-gilbert-clarke, accessed on 19 September 2024

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