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Letter, 'Improvement in the air pump' from John Smeaton to John Ellicott

Reference number: L&P/2/286

Date: 16 April 1752

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Subject: Engineering

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A letter from Mr. J. Smeaton to Mr. John Ellicott, F. R. S. concerning some improvements made by himself in the air-pump'

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Reference number
L&P/2/286
Earliest possible date
16 April 1752
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Ink on paper
Page extent
20 pages
Format
Manuscript

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John Smeaton

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John Smeaton, Letter, 'Improvement in the air pump' from John Smeaton to John Ellicott, 16 April 1752, L&P/2/286, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_286/letter-improvement-in-the-air-pump-from-john-smeaton-to-john-ellicott, accessed on 17 February 2025

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