Letter, 'Of a machine for raising water in use at Culton in Cheshire' from John Whitehouse to Benjamin Franklin
Reference number: L&P/6/94
Date: 1775
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Subject: Engineering
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Account of a machine for raising water, executed at Oulton, in Cheshire, in 1772. In a letter from Mr. John Whitehurst to Dr. Franklin.'
Read 16 March 1775
- Reference number
- L&P/6/94
- Earliest possible date
- 1775
- Physical description
- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Letter, 'Of a machine for raising water in use at Culton in Cheshire' from John Whitehouse to Benjamin Franklin, 1775, L&P/6/94, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_6_94/letter-of-a-machine-for-raising-water-in-use-at-culton-in-cheshire-from-john-whitehouse-to-benjamin-franklin, accessed on 10 February 2026
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XXIV. Account of a machine for raising water, executed at Oulton, in Cheshire, in 1772. In a letter from Mr. John Whitehurst to Dr. Franklin. External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1775
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1775.0026
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Letters and Papers of a scientific nature submitted for publication by the Royal Society
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Decade 6 of scientific letters and papers submitted for publication by the Royal Society
1773-1777 Reference number: L&P/6
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Benjamin Franklin
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