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Paper, 'Answer to an objection against the cammer [chamber] for compress't air' by D [Denis] Papin

Reference number: CLP/3ii/7

Date: 1708

Description

Papin responds to critics of his compressed air chamber, who argue that a change in air pressure would be detrimental to the human body. Includes a covering letter from Denis Papin to an unknown recipient, dated 23 December 1708.

Subject: Engineering / Biology

Read to the Royal Society on 2 February 1709

Reference number
CLP/3ii/7
Earliest possible date
1708
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Denis Papin

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Denis Papin, Paper, 'Answer to an objection against the cammer [chamber] for compress't air' by D [Denis] Papin, 1708, CLP/3ii/7, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_3ii_7/paper-answer-to-an-objection-against-the-cammer-chamber-for-compresst-air-by-d-denis-papin, accessed on 15 October 2024

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