Account of an Experiment with weights and balances explaining a mechanical paradox by J Desaguliers
Reference number: RBO/15/60
Date: 1730
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Experiment carried out before the Royal Society on Thursday 11 February 1730
Engraved figure from 'Philosophical Transactions' attached
Read at the Royal Society on 25 February 1730/31
- Reference number
- RBO/15/60
- Earliest possible date
- 1730
- Page extent
- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Account of an Experiment with weights and balances explaining a mechanical paradox by J Desaguliers, 1730, RBO/15/60, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_15_60/account-of-an-experiment-with-weights-and-balances-explaining-a-mechanical-paradox-by-j-desaguliers, accessed on 11 October 2026
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Register Book of the Royal Society Volume 15, copies of papers communicated 1730-1731
1730-1731 Reference number: RBO/15
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