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Experiment to determine the source of air produced when firing gunpowder 'in vacuo' by Denis Papin

Reference number: RBO/6/137

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Also details about apparatus for making a 'jet d'eau 'in vacuo" to see how high it will go
On 9 March 1687 (RBO/6 page 348) Papin says that the jet of water did not reach very high
Read to the Royal Society on 2 March 1687

Reference number
RBO/6/137
Page extent
2 pages
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Manuscript

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Experiment to determine the source of air produced when firing gunpowder 'in vacuo' by Denis Papin, RBO/6/137, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_6_137/experiment-to-determine-the-source-of-air-produced-when-firing-gunpowder-in-vacuo-by-denis-papin, accessed on 21 March 2025

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