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RefNoAP/16/1
Previous numbersAP.16.1
LevelFile
TitleUnpublished paper and letters, 'Project for a perpetual motion' by A B
Date1831
DescriptionAuthor identified as ‘A B’ presents a plan for a perpetual motion machine consisting of a large ‘receiver’ into which air is pumped by a system of levers and pistons. The text is accompanied by two figures of the machine. Preceded by a letter from A B to the President of the Royal Society, and a letter from J G [John George] Children to A B.

Subject: Physics
Extent6p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
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Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA3175Children; John George (1777 - 1852); chemist1777 - 1852
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