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Letter, 'Of a hydraluric patent engine' from Christopher Gullett to Matthew Maty

Reference number: L&P/6/17

Date: 15 November 1773

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Contains one sketch.

Subject: Engineering

Read 13 January 1774

Reference number
L&P/6/17
Earliest possible date
15 November 1773
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Ink on paper
Page extent
3 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter, 'Of a hydraluric patent engine' from Christopher Gullett to Matthew Maty, 15 November 1773, L&P/6/17, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_6_17/letter-of-a-hydraluric-patent-engine-from-christopher-gullett-to-matthew-maty, accessed on 07 March 2026

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