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RefNoCLP/18ii/39
LevelFile
TitlePaper, Calculation of the velocity of the air moved by the newly-invented centrifugal bellows by J T [John Theophilus] Desaguliers
Date1736
DescriptionBellows are seven feet in diameter, and one foot thick within, which a man can keep in motion with very little labour at the rate of two revolutions in one second
Also attached is:
- part of a printed page with Desaguliers notes for improvements to machine
- letter to Cromwell Mortimer, dated 29 March 1736, concerning George Agricola's hessian bellows
- list of errata to article in 'Philosophical Transactions' no 437

Read to the Royal Society on 12 June 1735
LanguageEnglish
Extent8p
FormatManuscript
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialPrinted in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 39, no 437, p 41
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8419Desaguliers; John Theophilus (1683 - 1744); natural philosopher1683 - 1744
NA8055Mortimer; Cromwell (c 1699 - 1752)c 1699 - 1752
NA819Agricola; George Andre (1672 - 1738); physician and botanist1672 - 1738
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