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Diagrams, paddle wheels and floats by [Peter William Barlow]

Reference number: PT/74/1/3

Date: 1834

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Plate 5, figures 1-4 showing Morgan's feathering paddle wheel and the positions of the floats and rods of a paddle wheel when it is in motion. Inscribed with publication and plate details and captions that match the published version. Not signed. The manuscript for this paper is wanting.

Subject: Physics

Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'An investigation of the laws which govern the motion of steam vessels, deduced from experiments' by Peter William Barlow.

Received by the Royal Society on 8 May 1834. Read 29 May 1834.

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PT/74/1/3
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1834
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Ink on paper
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1 page
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Diagram

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Peter William Barlow

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Peter William Barlow, Diagrams, paddle wheels and floats by [Peter William Barlow], 1834, PT/74/1/3, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_74_1_3/diagrams-paddle-wheels-and-floats-by-peter-william-barlow, accessed on 13 January 2026

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