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'Mr Halley about a Method for walking under Water'

Reference number: RBO/7/24

Date: 6 March 1689

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Details about a diving bell designed by Halley

Reference number
RBO/7/24
Earliest possible date
6 March 1689
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

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'Mr Halley about a Method for walking under Water', 6 March 1689, RBO/7/24, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_7_24/mr-halley-about-a-method-for-walking-under-water, accessed on 24 March 2025

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