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Letter, 'Of the proportions of steam engine cylinders, A thesis sent on election as FRS [Fellow of the Royal Society]' from Francis Blake to the Royal Society

Reference number: L&P/2/209

Date: 23 May 1751

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Subject: Engineering

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'The best proportions for steam-engine cylinders, of a given content, consider'd'

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Reference number
L&P/2/209
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23 May 1751
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Ink on paper
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6 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter, 'Of the proportions of steam engine cylinders, A thesis sent on election as FRS [Fellow of the Royal Society]' from Francis Blake to the Royal Society, 23 May 1751, L&P/2/209, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_209/letter-of-the-proportions-of-steam-engine-cylinders-a-thesis-sent-on-election-as-frs-fellow-of-the-royal-society-from-francis-blake-to-the-royal-society, accessed on 07 October 2024

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