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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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Subject: Engineering

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Reference number
L&P/7/11
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31 January 1778
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Ink on paper
Page extent
10 pages
Format
Manuscript

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John Smeaton

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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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