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'Of the water-raising Engine present by the Highnesse Prince Rupert' by Robert Hooke

Reference number: RBO/2i/63

Date: 22 July 1663

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Figure of engine in text

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RBO/2i/63
Earliest possible date
22 July 1663
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1 page
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Manuscript

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Robert Hooke

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Robert Hooke, 'Of the water-raising Engine present by the Highnesse Prince Rupert' by Robert Hooke, 22 July 1663, RBO/2i/63, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_2i_63/of-the-water-raising-engine-present-by-the-highnesse-prince-rupert-by-robert-hooke, accessed on 12 May 2026

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