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Letter, 'Of a contrivance for blowing a fire by falling water' from James Stirling to the Secretary of the Royal Society

Reference number: L&P/1/372

Date: 20 March 1745

Description

Contains fold out page with a diagram.

Subject: Physics

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A description of a machine to blow fire by the fall of water'

Read 21 March 1745

Reference number
L&P/1/372
Earliest possible date
20 March 1745
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
5 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

James Stirling

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James Stirling, Letter, 'Of a contrivance for blowing a fire by falling water' from James Stirling to the Secretary of the Royal Society, 20 March 1745, L&P/1/372, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_372/letter-of-a-contrivance-for-blowing-a-fire-by-falling-water-from-james-stirling-to-the-secretary-of-the-royal-society, accessed on 04 December 2025

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