| RefNo | CLP/3ii/14 |
| Level | File |
| Title | Paper, 'Remarks on some attempts made towards a perpetual motion' by Dr [John Theophilus] Desaguliers |
| Date | [1721] |
| Description | Desaguliers seeks to prove that the perpetual motion wheel at Hesse-Cassel [a state in the Holy Roman Empire] invented by Mr Orfireus [Johann Bessler] is not a self-moving engine. Includes one page of figures.
Subject: Engineering
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Remarks on some attempts made towards a perpetual motion'
Read to the Royal Society on 9 November 1721 |
| Extent | 5p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1720.0059 |
| RelatedRecord | RBO/11/37 |
| CLP/3ii/14/1 |
| CLP/3ii/14/2 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8419 | Desaguliers; John Theophilus (1683 - 1744); natural philosopher | 1683 - 1744 |