RefNo | CLP/18i/13 |
Level | Item |
Title | Paper, regarding experiments about shooting in a longer cylinder evacuated of air by Denis Papin |
Date | 10 March 1686 |
Description | Account of an experimentation at the Royal Society adjusting the length of the barrel for a pressurised gun using gunpowder; continuation of the preservation of fruits (strawberries; raspberries) in jelly, vacuum-packed accounted for in CLP/18i/11. The account and illustration of the wind gun was published in the Philosophical Transactions, vol. 16; issue 179; pp. 21-22 |
Language | English |
Extent | 2p |
Format | Manuscript |
PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1686.0003 |
JBO/8, page 40 |
RelatedRecord | RBO/6/99 |
CLP/18i/11 |
CLP/18i/14 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA5721 | Papin; Denis (1647 - 1713); natural philosopher and inventor | 1647 - 1713 |