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'A Proposition on the Ballance not taken Notice of by mechanical Writers explan'd and confim'd by an Experiment before the R S' by J Desaguliers

Reference number: RBO/14/56

Date: 1729

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Outlines his theory about a balance
Engravings from 'Philosophical Transactions' attached
Read to the Royal Society on 15 May 1729

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RBO/14/56
Earliest possible date
1729
Page extent
6 pages
Format
Manuscript

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'A Proposition on the Ballance not taken Notice of by mechanical Writers explan'd and confim'd by an Experiment before the R S' by J Desaguliers, 1729, RBO/14/56, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_14_56/a-proposition-on-the-ballance-not-taken-notice-of-by-mechanical-writers-expland-and-confimd-by-an-experiment-before-the-r-s-by-j-desaguliers, accessed on 12 May 2025

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