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'Dr Papin's Experiments about firing Bodies 'in Vacuo"

Reference number: RBO/6/100

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Also - details about firing gunpowder 'in vacuo' - details about preserving fruit in jelly
Note in Latin about arterial blood
Read to the Royal Society on 31 March 1686

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RBO/6/100
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3 pages
Format
Manuscript

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'Dr Papin's Experiments about firing Bodies 'in Vacuo", RBO/6/100, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_6_100/dr-papins-experiments-about-firing-bodies-in-vacuo, accessed on 18 August 2026

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