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Paper, 'A short brass 6-pounder fired at Woolwich 300 rounds in 3 hrs 22 mins' by William Stukeley

Reference number: L&P/2/216

Date: 1751

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Subject: Physics/Engineering

Read 20 June 1751

Reference number
L&P/2/216
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1751
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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William Stukeley

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William Stukeley, Paper, 'A short brass 6-pounder fired at Woolwich 300 rounds in 3 hrs 22 mins' by William Stukeley, 1751, L&P/2/216, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_216/paper-a-short-brass-6-pounder-fired-at-woolwich-300-rounds-in-3-hrs-22-mins-by-william-stukeley, accessed on 06 December 2025

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