Dr Papin's Experiment about softening the Box and Lignum Vitae in the Digesting Engine
Reference number: RBO/6/35
Date: 2 July 1684
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Digesting Engine was filled with water, the box wood inserted and heated; same experiment carried out with the machine and 'lignum vitae' wood on 9 July 1684
- Reference number
- RBO/6/35
- Earliest possible date
- 2 July 1684
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- 1 page
- Format
- Manuscript
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Dr Papin's Experiment about softening the Box and Lignum Vitae in the Digesting Engine, 2 July 1684, RBO/6/35, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_6_35/dr-papins-experiment-about-softening-the-box-and-lignum-vitae-in-the-digesting-engine, accessed on 25 March 2025
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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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