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Dr Papin's Experiment of driving Plaister into the Lungs And An Instrument for drying the parts of the Body, when they are most swelled 'in vacuo'

Reference number: RBO/6/26

Date: 7 May 1684

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Figure of new machine for drying parts of the body which is attached to the machine to swell body parts 'in vacuo' (used in RBO/6/25)

Figure; ink, page 180

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RBO/6/26
Earliest possible date
7 May 1684
Page extent
3 pages
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Manuscript

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Dr Papin's Experiment of driving Plaister into the Lungs And An Instrument for drying the parts of the Body, when they are most swelled 'in vacuo', 7 May 1684, RBO/6/26, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_6_26/dr-papins-experiment-of-driving-plaister-into-the-lungs-and-an-instrument-for-drying-the-parts-of-the-body-when-they-are-most-swelled-in-vacuo, accessed on 10 December 2025

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