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Letter, 'Of a balance swing or pressing steelyard' from Timothy Sheldrake to Cromwell Mortimer

Reference number: L&P/1/36

Date: 19 January 1741

Description

Contains two figures.

Subject: Mechanics

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'The description and uses of the steel­-yard balance swing, invented and made by Mr. Timothy Sheldrake'.

Read 21 January 1741.

Reference number
L&P/1/36
Earliest possible date
19 January 1741
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
6 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Letter, 'Of a balance swing or pressing steelyard' from Timothy Sheldrake to Cromwell Mortimer, 19 January 1741, L&P/1/36, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_36/letter-of-a-balance-swing-or-pressing-steelyard-from-timothy-sheldrake-to-cromwell-mortimer, accessed on 20 April 2026

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