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Paper, 'Off wynd mills in Holland' by Mr [Alexander?] Bruce

Reference number: CLP/3i/8

Date: 1662

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Paper describing the design and operation of a windmill in Holland [Netherlands].

Subject: Machinery

Read to the Royal Society on 7 January 1662.

Reference number
CLP/3i/8
Earliest possible date
1662
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Alexander Bruce

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Alexander Bruce, Paper, 'Off wynd mills in Holland' by Mr [Alexander?] Bruce, 1662, CLP/3i/8, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_3i_8/paper-off-wynd-mills-in-holland-by-mr-alexander-bruce, accessed on 24 March 2025

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