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Paper, 'Experiments concerning the force of blowing with a man's breath' by Dr [John] Wilkins

Reference number: CLP/4i/17

Date: 31 July 1661

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Wilkins describes experiments undertaken using the bladder of an ox or cow with a pipe attached. He observes the power of a bladder full of breath to be able to lift a stool and a boy two inches above the ground.

Subject: Physics

Read to the Royal Society on 31 July 1661

Reference number
CLP/4i/17
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31 July 1661
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Ink on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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John Wilkins

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John Wilkins, Paper, 'Experiments concerning the force of blowing with a man's breath' by Dr [John] Wilkins, 31 July 1661, CLP/4i/17, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_4i_17/paper-experiments-concerning-the-force-of-blowing-with-a-mans-breath-by-dr-john-wilkins, accessed on 06 February 2025

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