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'An account of an Instrument or Machine for changing the Air of the Room of sick people in a little time, by either drawing out the foul Air, or forcing in fresh Air, or doing both successively without opening Doors or Windows' by J T Desaguliers

Reference number: RBO/19/15

Date: 1734

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Engraved figure from 'Philosophical Transactions' attached
Read to the Royal Society on 13 February 1734

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RBO/19/15
Earliest possible date
1734
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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'An account of an Instrument or Machine for changing the Air of the Room of sick people in a little time, by either drawing out the foul Air, or forcing in fresh Air, or doing both successively without opening Doors or Windows' by J T Desaguliers, 1734, RBO/19/15, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_19_15/an-account-of-an-instrument-or-machine-for-changing-the-air-of-the-room-of-sick-people-in-a-little-time-by-either-drawing-out-the-foul-air-or-forcing-in-fresh-air-or-doing-both-successively-without-opening-doors-or-windows-by-j-t-desaguliers, accessed on 14 July 2026

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