Paper, regarding the water works at London Bridge by Henry Beighton
Reference number: CLP/6/74
Date: 01 April 1731
Description
Beighton describes the waterworks and presents a calculation of the quantity of water raised by the engines, details about the power which moves the wheels, details about the velocity of the water, observations of the waterworks and suggestions of how to improve the machine. Includes one engraved figure of the waterworks.
Subject: Engineering
Read to the Royal Society on 1 April 1731
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'A description of the water-works at London-Bridge, explaining the draught of Tab. I.'
- Reference number
- CLP/6/74
- Earliest possible date
- 01 April 1731
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- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 9 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Henry Beighton, Paper, regarding the water works at London Bridge by Henry Beighton, 01 April 1731, CLP/6/74, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_6_74/paper-regarding-the-water-works-at-london-bridge-by-henry-beighton, accessed on 19 April 2026
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II. A description of the water-works at London-Bridge, explaining the draught of Tab. I. External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1731
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1731.0002
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Classified papers: volume 6 concerning 'Staticks, Hydrostaticks, Hydraulicks, Hydrology'
1661-1735 Reference number: CLP/6
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The 'Classified Papers' of the Royal Society are papers from British and international natural philosophers and scholars categorised according to subject areas.
Dates: 1592 - 1741
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