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'Dr Papin Experiments How smal bodies swimming upon the Water run together 'in vacuo"

Reference number: RBO/6/69

Date: 20 May 1685

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RBO/6/69
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20 May 1685
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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'Dr Papin Experiments How smal bodies swimming upon the Water run together 'in vacuo", 20 May 1685, RBO/6/69, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_6_69/dr-papin-experiments-how-smal-bodies-swimming-upon-the-water-run-together-in-vacuo, accessed on 05 October 2026

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