'Account of Several Experiments concerning the running of Water in Pipes, as it is retarded by Friction and intermix'd Air some of which were made before the Royal Society on Thursday the 5th of May 1726 With a Description of a new Machine, whereby Pipes may be clear'd of Air, as the Water runs along without Stand Pipes or the help of any hand' by John Desaguliers

'Account of Several Experiments concerning the running of Water in Pipes, as it is retarded by Friction and intermix'd Air some of which were made before the Royal Society on Thursday the 5th of May 1726 With a Description of a new Machine, whereby Pipes may be clear'd of Air, as the Water runs along without Stand Pipes or the help of any hand' by John Desaguliers, 1726, RBO/12/33, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_12_33/account-of-several-experiments-concerning-the-running-of-water-in-pipes-as-it-is-retarded-by-friction-and-intermixd-air-some-of-which-were-made-before-the-royal-society-on-thursday-the-5th-of-may-1726-with-a-description-of-a-new-machine-whereby-pipes-may-be-cleard-of-air-as-the-water-runs-along-without-stand-pipes-or-the-help-of-any-hand-by-john-desaguliers, accessed on 08 July 2025

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