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Dr Papin's New Fashion of Clock wheeles and Pinions'

Reference number: RBO/9/98

Date: 1711

Description

The new clock wheel developed because a weight like a clock was required to move the hessian bellows
Discusses problems with ordinary clockworks and how Papin has improved them
Refers to a figure but no figure attached
Read to the Royal Society on 3 May 1711

Reference number
RBO/9/98
Earliest possible date
1711
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Dr Papin's New Fashion of Clock wheeles and Pinions', 1711, RBO/9/98, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_9_98/dr-papins-new-fashion-of-clock-wheeles-and-pinions, accessed on 07 December 2024

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