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'Some Remarks upon Dr Papins Paper concerning an Invention to Improve Clockwork' by Richard Waller

Reference number: RBO/9/101

Date: 1711

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Read to the Royal Society on 28 June 1711

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RBO/9/101
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1711
Page extent
5 pages
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Manuscript

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'Some Remarks upon Dr Papins Paper concerning an Invention to Improve Clockwork' by Richard Waller, 1711, RBO/9/101, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_9_101/some-remarks-upon-dr-papins-paper-concerning-an-invention-to-improve-clockwork-by-richard-waller, accessed on 08 June 2026

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