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'An account of a Machine for measuring any Depth in the Sea with great Expedition and Certainty' shown to the Royal Society by J Desaguliers

Reference number: RBO/13/18

Date: 1727

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The machine consisted of three parts - a mercurial gauge, a weight, and a buoy
Figure of sea gauge in text
Read to the Royal Society on 25 January 1727

Reference number
RBO/13/18
Earliest possible date
1727
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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'An account of a Machine for measuring any Depth in the Sea with great Expedition and Certainty' shown to the Royal Society by J Desaguliers, 1727, RBO/13/18, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_13_18/an-account-of-a-machine-for-measuring-any-depth-in-the-sea-with-great-expedition-and-certainty-shown-to-the-royal-society-by-j-desaguliers, accessed on 18 July 2026

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