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Paper, 'Description of a new invention of bellows call'd water bellows' by Martin Triewald

Reference number: CLP/3ii/37

Date: 11 November 1736

Description

Triewald, a Captain of mechanics and military architect to his Swedish Majesty, shares a description of 'bellows for forges in the form of diving bells to be worked by running water'. Preceded by an engraved figure of the bellows with 'Carl Friedrich Piper' and a coat of arms at the top of the page.

Subject: Engineering

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'A description of a new invention of bellows, called water-bellows, by Martin Triewald, F. R. S. Captain of mechanics, and military architect to his Swedish majesty; communicated to the Royal Society by Sir Hans Sloane, Bart Pres. R. S.'

Communicated by Hans Sloane. Read to the Royal Society on 11 November 1736

Reference number
CLP/3ii/37
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11 November 1736
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Ink on paper
Page extent
13 pages
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Manuscript

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Martin Triewald

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Martin Triewald, Paper, 'Description of a new invention of bellows call'd water bellows' by Martin Triewald, 11 November 1736, CLP/3ii/37, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_3ii_37/paper-description-of-a-new-invention-of-bellows-calld-water-bellows-by-martin-triewald, accessed on 18 April 2026

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