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'Of the Recoiling of Gunns by The Lord Brouncker'

Reference number: RBO/1/32

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Figures and table in text

Image 1; Ink, size height 18 cm x width 17 cm by Lord Brouncker. Machine made to discover ' the cause of Recoiling of Gunns ' which was laid ' uppon a heavie Table, unto which it was sometimes fastend, with screws at all the four places R,L, V, B, sometimes onely at R or L having wheels affixed t L and V, or R and B that it might the more easily recoil. '
Image 2, page 147; ink, size height 5.5 cm x width 3 cm. By Lord Brouncker. Cylinder illustrating the angle of the bullet
Image 3, page 147; ink, size height 5.5 cm x 7 cm. Illustrating ' the angle of Recoile phn the Angle of Reflexion made at the parting of the Bullet from the Peece. '

Reference number
RBO/1/32
Page extent
7 pages
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Manuscript

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William Brouncker

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William Brouncker, 'Of the Recoiling of Gunns by The Lord Brouncker', RBO/1/32, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_1_32/of-the-recoiling-of-gunns-by-the-lord-brouncker, accessed on 09 October 2026

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