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Paper, details of a new way to raise water by unknown author

Reference number: CLP/6/35

Date: c17th Century

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The title of the work in Italian is 'Nuovo modo da far sollefar laqua da se per un terzo'. The text itself is in German, although interspersed with Italian phrases.

It has a dedication to 'Herrn Caesi fürsten von S. Angelo Mary, graff von Monticelli'. This might be Federico Cesi (1585-1630), the founder of the Accademia dei Lincei in Rome. Signed by Hieronymus Fincigius.

The drawings are very similar to those of the instruments for the fetching of water in CLP/3i/61 and 62.

Pencil figure of new engine
Subject: Physics / Engineering

Reference number
CLP/6/35
Earliest possible date
c17th Century
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, details of a new way to raise water by unknown author, c17th Century, CLP/6/35, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_6_35/paper-details-of-a-new-way-to-raise-water-by-unknown-author, accessed on 14 May 2025

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