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Paper, 'Some few remarks on Dr Papin's new improvement of the Hessian bellows' by Ric [Richard] Waller

Reference number: CLP/3ii/8

Date: 1711

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Waller discusses the workings of Hessian bellows to circulate air down coal mines.

Subject: Engineering

Read to the Royal Society on 14 June 1711

Reference number
CLP/3ii/8
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1711
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Ink on paper
Page extent
3 pages
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Manuscript
Digital image of the bellows from MS/131/154-A available on The Royal Society Picture Library
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Richard Waller

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Richard Waller, Paper, 'Some few remarks on Dr Papin's new improvement of the Hessian bellows' by Ric [Richard] Waller, 1711, CLP/3ii/8, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_3ii_8/paper-some-few-remarks-on-dr-papins-new-improvement-of-the-hessian-bellows-by-ric-richard-waller, accessed on 09 December 2024

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