Letter, from Denis Papin to Edmund King, dated at Marburg
Reference number: EL/P1/89
Date: 29 August 1688
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Sends a paper about a machine to raise weights using gunpowder (see EL/P1/88) and a book
Read to the Royal Society on 20 February 1688
- Reference number
- EL/P1/89
- Earliest possible date
- 29 August 1688
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- 3 pages
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- Manuscript
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Denis Papin, Denis Papin, Letter, from Denis Papin to Edmund King, dated at Marburg, 29 August 1688, EL/P1/89, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_p1_89/letter-from-denis-papin-to-edmund-king-dated-at-marburg, accessed on 14 April 2026
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