Letter, from John Desaguliers to Cromwell Mortimer
Reference number: EL/D2/73
Date: 29 October 1733
Description
Lists experiments that he has carried out.
Experiments for 1732:
a) experiments with brass syringes
b) pyrometer to show how metals expand by heat
Experiments for 1735-1736:
a) steel bars moving on joints which raised weights with pulleys
b) electrical and magnetic experiments (not detailed)
- Reference number
- EL/D2/73
- Earliest possible date
- 29 October 1733
- Page extent
- 5 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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John Theophilus Desaguliers
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John Theophilus Desaguliers, John Theophilus Desaguliers, Letter, from John Desaguliers to Cromwell Mortimer, 29 October 1733, EL/D2/73, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_d2_73/letter-from-john-desaguliers-to-cromwell-mortimer, accessed on 17 April 2026
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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
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Cromwell Mortimer
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John Theophilus Desaguliers
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Dates: 1613 - 1740
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