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Subject: Engineering

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'On the air-engine'.

Written by Joule at Acton Square, Salford [Greater Manchester]. Received by the Royal Society on 13 May 1851 [1852?]. Read 19 June 1851 [1852?].

Abstract published in Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society of London], Volume 6, 1854.

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PT/43/4
Earliest possible date
20 March 1852
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Ink on paper
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17 pages
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Manuscript

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James Prescott Joule

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James Prescott Joule, Paper, 'On an air engine' by James Prescott Joule, 20 March 1852, PT/43/4, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_43_4/paper-on-an-air-engine-by-james-prescott-joule, accessed on 21 January 2025

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