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'An Experimentall Account of the raising up of a weight hung at the bottome of an emptie Bladder' by William Croone

Reference number: RBO/1/25

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Bladders blown up to raise a weight
Read to the Royal Society on 6 November 1661
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Image, in ink. Size height 24 cm x width 17 cm. Artist Mr Croone illustrating the account of the raising up of a weight hung at the bottom of an empty bladder

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RBO/1/25
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5 pages
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Manuscript

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William Croone

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William Croone, 'An Experimentall Account of the raising up of a weight hung at the bottome of an emptie Bladder' by William Croone, RBO/1/25, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_1_25/an-experimentall-account-of-the-raising-up-of-a-weight-hung-at-the-bottome-of-an-emptie-bladder-by-william-croone, accessed on 13 January 2025

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    Dates: 1661-1739

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