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Drawing, device to move water using air by unknown author

Reference number: CLP/3i/61

Date: 17th century

Description

Drawing and explanation showing a device used to move water with the use of air. Includes a description of how the water travels through the device. The drawing shows a vessel from which water is withdrawn. A pipe runs from the vessel up and then down through three boxes.

The drawing and description are clearly in the same hand as the drawing found at CLP/3i/62.

Subject: Engineering / Physics

Reference number
CLP/3i/61
Earliest possible date
17th century
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
1 page
Format
Drawing

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Drawing, device to move water using air by unknown author, 17th century, CLP/3i/61, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_3i_61/drawing-device-to-move-water-using-air-by-unknown-author, accessed on 11 September 2026

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