Translation of a letter, from Cromwell Mortimer to Monsieur [Bernard Forest de] Belidor, dated at London

Reference number: EL/M3/4

Date: 01 January 1731

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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/M3/4
Earliest possible date: 01 January 1731
Page extent: 3 pages
Format: Manuscript
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Cromwell Mortimer

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Cromwell Mortimer, Translation of a letter, from Cromwell Mortimer to Monsieur [Bernard Forest de] Belidor, dated at London, 01 January 1731, EL/M3/4, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_m3_4/translation-of-a-letter-from-cromwell-mortimer-to-monsieur-bernard-forest-de-belidor-dated-at-london, accessed on 20 January 2025

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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
1613-1740 Reference number: EL
Early Letters M3
1719 - 1853 Reference number: EL/M3

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Bernard Forest de Belidor
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Dates: 1613-1740

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