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'Observations and Experiments relating to Friction' by Dr Desaguliers

Reference number: RBO/14/109

Date: 1729

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Concerning friction in mechanical engines - hopes to formulate a theory of the friction of engines and rules to direct future experiments - outlines present experiments to show friction
Read to the Royal Society on 5 March 1729/30

Reference number
RBO/14/109
Earliest possible date
1729
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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'Observations and Experiments relating to Friction' by Dr Desaguliers, 1729, RBO/14/109, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_14_109/observations-and-experiments-relating-to-friction-by-dr-desaguliers, accessed on 09 May 2026

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