Four papers by Henry Beighton

Reference number: RBO/18/33

Date: 1732

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Papers on:
- 'why a Bullet shot from a Gun (slanting) on a Fluid, will soon rise out of it again, and be thrown into the Air...' - solution provided
- 'The Reason why opening or widening the muzzle or mouth of a Gun or fowling Piece makes it carry the Shot closer together' - solution provided
- 'An Essay towards assigning a reason why persons falling into a deep Coal pit are seldom kill'd when falling into one more shallow they frequently either break their limbs or are kill'd outright'
- 'An account of a most terrible Hurrican at Nun-Eaton in Warwickshire' on 20 August 1712 - details of damage caused
Read to the Royal Society on 25 January or 1 March 1732

Reference number: RBO/18/33
Earliest possible date: 1732
Page extent: 12 pages
Format: Manuscript

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Four papers by Henry Beighton, 1732, RBO/18/33, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_18_33/four-papers-by-henry-beighton, accessed on 15 May 2026

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Dates: 1661 - 1739

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