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Instrument for experimenting on capillary tubes and siphons by Henry Power. The paper was read at the meeting of the Royal Society on 26 February 1662.

Subjects: Engineering

Reference number
CLP/4i/2
Earliest possible date
26 February 1662
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
8 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Henry Power

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Henry Power, Paper, 'Experiments in capillary tubes and syphons made this December (1661)' from H [Henry] Power to William Croone, 26 February 1662, CLP/4i/2, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_4i_2/paper-experiments-in-capillary-tubes-and-syphons-made-this-december-1661-from-h-henry-power-to-william-croone, accessed on 30 April 2025

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