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RefNoCLP/3ii/41
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TitlePaper, 'A summary account and abstract of some of new inventions and improvements, relating to mechanicks and hydraulicks, containd in the following propositions and problems; to demonstrate the solution wherof particular draughts and medells, with a description thereof have been prepared' by David Stephenson
Date1740
DescriptionStephensondiscusses generating motion, power, and force in solid objects and fluids, producing power from centrifugal force, reducing friction in engines, capturing animal, wind, and water energy, and creating hydraulic engines.

Subject: Engineering / Mechanics

Read to the Royal Society on 6 November 1740
Extent3p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
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