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'An Account of the Experiment wherein a Weight is raised by the Blowing of a Bladder' by John Wallis

Reference number: RBO/2i/35

Date: 4 March 1662

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Tables, mathematical formulae and figures in text

Some pressed flowers were found between pp 176 and 177

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RBO/2i/35
Earliest possible date
4 March 1662
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27 pages
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Manuscript

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'An Account of the Experiment wherein a Weight is raised by the Blowing of a Bladder' by John Wallis, 4 March 1662, RBO/2i/35, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_2i_35/an-account-of-the-experiment-wherein-a-weight-is-raised-by-the-blowing-of-a-bladder-by-john-wallis, accessed on 15 May 2026

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