Dr Papin's Experiment for the swelling the Lungs, Kidney 'in Vacuo'
Reference number: RBO/6/25
Date: 30 April 1684
Description
Designed apparatus to make part of the body expand and separate from one another so that they would be easier to dissect
Figure of apparatus and explanation in text. page 177
- Reference number
- RBO/6/25
- Earliest possible date
- 30 April 1684
- Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Dr Papin's Experiment for the swelling the Lungs, Kidney 'in Vacuo', 30 April 1684, RBO/6/25, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_6_25/dr-papins-experiment-for-the-swelling-the-lungs-kidney-in-vacuo, accessed on 08 September 2026
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Register Book of the Royal Society Volume 6, copies of papers communicated 1685-1687
1685-1687 Reference number: RBO/6
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