Paper, 'Conjectures upon the nature of intermitting and reciprocating springs' by Joseph Atwell
Reference number: CLP/6/73
Date: 25 May 1732

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Atwell presents a theory about how to move the water with siphons and reservoirs. Includes five original diagrams and one page of engraved figures from Philosophical Transactions.
Subject: Engineering
Read to the Royal Society on 25 May 1732
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Conjectures upon the nature of intermitting and reciprocating springs.'
- Reference number
- CLP/6/73
- Earliest possible date
- 25 May 1732
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- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 31 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Joseph Atwell, Paper, 'Conjectures upon the nature of intermitting and reciprocating springs' by Joseph Atwell, 25 May 1732, CLP/6/73, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_6_73/paper-conjectures-upon-the-nature-of-intermitting-and-reciprocating-springs-by-joseph-atwell, accessed on 10 July 2025
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II. Conjectures upon the nature of intermitting and reciprocating springs. External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1731
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1731.0054
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'Conjectures upon the Nature of intermitting and reciprocating Springs' by Joseph Atwell
Reference number: RBO/17/30
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Classified papers: volume 6 concerning 'Staticks, Hydrostaticks, Hydraulicks, Hydrology'
1661-1735 Reference number: CLP/6
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Dates: 1592 - 1741
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