Letter, from Thomas Armstrong [to the Royal Society], dated at Edinburgh
Reference number: EL/A/64
Date: 24 February 1733
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A short account of Armstrong's engine to raise water which he hopes the Royal Society will take further
Subject: Engineering
- Reference number
- EL/A/64
- Earliest possible date
- 24 February 1733
- Page extent
- 1 page
- Format
- Manuscript
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Thomas Armstrong, Letter, from Thomas Armstrong [to the Royal Society], dated at Edinburgh, 24 February 1733, EL/A/64, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_a_64/letter-from-thomas-armstrong-to-the-royal-society-dated-at-edinburgh, accessed on 18 June 2025
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Early Letters: A, letters in natural philosophy from correspondents with surname starting 'A'
1664-1736 Reference number: EL/A
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