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'Of the working Dr Papin's improvement' by Thomas Savery

Reference number: RBO/9/83

Date: 1709

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Concerning the machine to raise water by fire
Read to the Royal Society on 18 May 1709

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RBO/9/83
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1709
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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'Of the working Dr Papin's improvement' by Thomas Savery, 1709, RBO/9/83, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_9_83/of-the-working-dr-papins-improvement-by-thomas-savery, accessed on 10 September 2026

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