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
- Earliest possible date
- 31 July 1661
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- Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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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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Classified papers: volume 4i concerning 'Physiology, Meteorology, Pneumaticks'
1661-1728 Reference number: CLP/4i
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