Letter, from Cromwell Mortimer to Monsieur [Bernard Forest de] Belidor
Reference number: EL/M3/1
Date: 04 March 1731
Description
Concerning Belidor's letter dated 13 January 1731 sent to William Rutty which was read to the Society; that Desaguliers's account of his engine for raising water by fire has been obtained for him; details of Mr Gerves's invention of raising water which he has improved
- Reference number
- EL/M3/1
- Earliest possible date
- 04 March 1731
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- 2 pages
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- Manuscript
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Cromwell Mortimer, Letter, from Cromwell Mortimer to Monsieur [Bernard Forest de] Belidor, 04 March 1731, EL/M3/1, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_m3_1/letter-from-cromwell-mortimer-to-monsieur-bernard-forest-de-belidor, accessed on 26 April 2025
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Bernard Forest de Belidor
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Cromwell Mortimer
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