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Reasons why the 'jet d'eau in vacuo' did not reach very high by Denis Papin

Reference number: RBO/7/3

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Also that the apparatus for burning gunpowder 'in vacuo' was finished, but is waiting for better weather to carry out the experiment
Read to the Royal Society on 13 April 1687

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RBO/7/3
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1 page
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Manuscript

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Denis Papin

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Denis Papin, Reasons why the 'jet d'eau in vacuo' did not reach very high by Denis Papin, RBO/7/3, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_7_3/reasons-why-the-jet-deau-in-vacuo-did-not-reach-very-high-by-denis-papin, accessed on 13 September 2024

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