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 The drawing shows a vessel from which water is withdrawn.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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Classified papers: volume 3i concerning 'Mechanicks, Trades, Engineering, Navigation'
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Dates: 1592 - 1741
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