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Paper, 'Of a new sluice or dam invented by Eide Siade Johans' by John Smeaton

Reference number: L&P/2/355

Date: 1753

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Subject: Engineering

Read 31 May 1753

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L&P/2/355
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1753
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4 pages
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John Smeaton

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John Smeaton, Paper, 'Of a new sluice or dam invented by Eide Siade Johans' by John Smeaton, 1753, L&P/2/355, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_355/paper-of-a-new-sluice-or-dam-invented-by-eide-siade-johans-by-john-smeaton, accessed on 17 June 2025

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