Richard Graham's explanation of how a man could move a stone weighing 800 pounds using a frame communicated by John Desaguliers
Reference number: RBO/18/53
Date: 1733
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Details of five experiments given
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Read to the Royal Society on 22 November 1733
- Reference number
- RBO/18/53
- Earliest possible date
- 1733
- Page extent
- 9 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Richard Graham's explanation of how a man could move a stone weighing 800 pounds using a frame communicated by John Desaguliers, 1733, RBO/18/53, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_18_53/richard-grahams-explanation-of-how-a-man-could-move-a-stone-weighing-800-pounds-using-a-frame-communicated-by-john-desaguliers, accessed on 18 July 2026
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Register Book of the Royal Society Volume 18, copies of papers communicated 1732-1734
1732-1734 Reference number: RBO/18
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