'Description of an Engine to raise Water by the help of Quicksilver, invented by the late Mr Joshua Haskins and made practicable and usefull by J S Desaguliers'
Reference number: RBO/11/2
Date: 1722
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Engravings from 'Philosophical Transactions' attached
Read to the Royal Society on 19 April 1722
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- RBO/11/2
- Earliest possible date
- 1722
- Page extent
- 13 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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'Description of an Engine to raise Water by the help of Quicksilver, invented by the late Mr Joshua Haskins and made practicable and usefull by J S Desaguliers', 1722, RBO/11/2, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_11_2/description-of-an-engine-to-raise-water-by-the-help-of-quicksilver-invented-by-the-late-mr-joshua-haskins-and-made-practicable-and-usefull-by-j-s-desaguliers, accessed on 08 March 2026
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Register Book of the Royal Society Volume 11, copies of papers communicated 1720-1724
1720-1724 Reference number: RBO/11
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