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Paper, 'Of Serson's horizontal top' by James Short

Reference number: L&P/2/258

Date: 06 February 1752

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Subject: Engineering

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of an horizontal top, invented by Mr. Serson, by Mr. James Short, F. R. S'

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L&P/2/258
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06 February 1752
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Ink on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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James Short

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James Short, Paper, 'Of Serson's horizontal top' by James Short, 06 February 1752, L&P/2/258, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_258/paper-of-sersons-horizontal-top-by-james-short, accessed on 14 July 2025

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