Paper, 'Of the further use of steam engines and the conversion of reciprocating into circular motion' by John Stewart and John Smeaton
Reference number: L&P/7/11
Date: 31 January 1778

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- L&P/7/11
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- 31 January 1778
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- 10 pages
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- Manuscript
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John Smeaton, Paper, 'Of the further use of steam engines and the conversion of reciprocating into circular motion' by John Stewart and John Smeaton, 31 January 1778, L&P/7/11, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_7_11/paper-of-the-further-use-of-steam-engines-and-the-conversion-of-reciprocating-into-circular-motion-by-john-stewart-and-john-smeaton, accessed on 18 June 2025
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Decade 7 of scientific letters and papers submitted for publication by the Royal Society
1778-1782 Reference number: L&P/7
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