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'Proposals for making an Engine to raise Water by the help of Fire' by Denis Papin

Reference number: RBO/9/62

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Account of the engine tried at Cassell - wishes to make this engine but it will cost 15 pounds sterling

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RBO/9/62
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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'Proposals for making an Engine to raise Water by the help of Fire' by Denis Papin, RBO/9/62, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_9_62/proposals-for-making-an-engine-to-raise-water-by-the-help-of-fire-by-denis-papin, accessed on 11 February 2026

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