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Paper, 'Of a turbinate water-wheel' by William Stukeley

Reference number: L&P/3/167

Date: 10 May 1756

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Contains plate.

Subject: Engineering

Read 13 May 1756

Reference number
L&P/3/167
Earliest possible date
10 May 1756
Physical description
Ink on paper with plate
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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William Stukeley

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William Stukeley, Paper, 'Of a turbinate water-wheel' by William Stukeley, 10 May 1756, L&P/3/167, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_167/paper-of-a-turbinate-water-wheel-by-william-stukeley, accessed on 14 March 2026

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