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'An Examination of M Perault's new invented Axis in Peritrochio said to be entirely without Friction With an Experiment to confirm the Reasoning made upon an Axis in Peritrochio first used in M Perault's manner then in the common Way by J T Desaguliers'

Reference number: RBO/14/83

Date: 1729

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Engraved figures from 'Philosophical Transactions' attached
Axis in Peritrochio or 'roller fix'd into a large Pully'
Read to the Royal Society on 18 December 1729

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RBO/14/83
Earliest possible date
1729
Page extent
5 pages
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Manuscript

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'An Examination of M Perault's new invented Axis in Peritrochio said to be entirely without Friction With an Experiment to confirm the Reasoning made upon an Axis in Peritrochio first used in M Perault's manner then in the common Way by J T Desaguliers', 1729, RBO/14/83, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_14_83/an-examination-of-m-peraults-new-invented-axis-in-peritrochio-said-to-be-entirely-without-friction-with-an-experiment-to-confirm-the-reasoning-made-upon-an-axis-in-peritrochio-first-used-in-m-peraults-manner-then-in-the-common-way-by-j-t-desaguliers, accessed on 09 June 2026

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