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'A Description of a Water Engine founded on a new Principle for the raising or draining Water out of a Dock, Canal, Mine, Ship's Hold etc...' by Charles Leigh

Reference number: RBO/21/6

Date: 1737

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'...and 'tis presumed, in a greater quantity with less Time, Power and Expence than the Engines now in practice for this Use.'
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Read to the Royal Society on 8 December 1737

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RBO/21/6
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1737
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5 pages
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'A Description of a Water Engine founded on a new Principle for the raising or draining Water out of a Dock, Canal, Mine, Ship's Hold etc...' by Charles Leigh, 1737, RBO/21/6, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_21_6/a-description-of-a-water-engine-founded-on-a-new-principle-for-the-raising-or-draining-water-out-of-a-dock-canal-mine-ships-hold-etc-by-charles-leigh, accessed on 19 April 2025

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