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'The Submarine, an engine for conveying Air under Water' by Reverend Barlow

Reference number: RBO/19/68

Date: 1736

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Account of the submarine for one (enclosed diving bell); two original figures attached
Read to the Royal Society on 27 May 1736

Reference number
RBO/19/68
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1736
Page extent
5 pages
Format
Manuscript

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'The Submarine, an engine for conveying Air under Water' by Reverend Barlow, 1736, RBO/19/68, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_19_68/the-submarine-an-engine-for-conveying-air-under-water-by-reverend-barlow, accessed on 14 May 2026

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