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A new machine which obtains its motion from itself without any assistance from external forces
Wishes the invention to be examined by the Royal Society
Read to the Royal Society on 22 December 1726

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RBO/12/83
Earliest possible date
1726
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

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'Memoire au Sujet d'une nouvelle machine inventee' by Monsieur Bourgeois, 1726, RBO/12/83, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_12_83/memoire-au-sujet-dune-nouvelle-machine-inventee-by-monsieur-bourgeois, accessed on 12 December 2025

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