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Paper, 'An account of an engine that consumes smoak [smoke] shown lately at St Germains faire in Paris' by Justell [Henry Justel]

Reference number: CLP/3i/65

Date: 10 March 1685

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Justel provides an account of a machine invented by Mr [André] Dalesme that consumes smoke from a fire and produces no smell. Justel describes the design and construction of the machine

Subject: Chemistry

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'An account of an engine that consumes smoak, shown lately at St. Germans fair in Paris'.

Read to the Royal Society on 10 March 1685.

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CLP/3i/65
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10 March 1685
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Ink on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Henry Justel

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Henry Justel, Paper, 'An account of an engine that consumes smoak [smoke] shown lately at St Germains faire in Paris' by Justell [Henry Justel], 10 March 1685, CLP/3i/65, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_3i_65/paper-an-account-of-an-engine-that-consumes-smoak-smoke-shown-lately-at-st-germains-faire-in-paris-by-justell-henry-justel, accessed on 22 April 2025

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