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Paper, 'To determine the lateral pressure of water' by unknown author

Reference number: L&P/5/186

Date: 1770

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Subject: Physics

Read 28 June 1770

Reference number
L&P/5/186
Earliest possible date
1770
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Ink on paper
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14 pages
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Manuscript

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Paper, 'To determine the lateral pressure of water' by unknown author, 1770, L&P/5/186, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_5_186/paper-to-determine-the-lateral-pressure-of-water-by-unknown-author, accessed on 21 April 2025

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