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Paper, 'Contrivance for a coach to travel along uneven ground without overturning' by Andrew Lamb

Reference number: L&P/1/74

Date: 1742

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Subject: Physics

Read 25 March 1742.

Reference number
L&P/1/74
Earliest possible date
1742
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Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
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Manuscript

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Paper, 'Contrivance for a coach to travel along uneven ground without overturning' by Andrew Lamb, 1742, L&P/1/74, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_74/paper-contrivance-for-a-coach-to-travel-along-uneven-ground-without-overturning-by-andrew-lamb, accessed on 22 January 2025

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