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RefNoCLP/3ii/37
LevelFile
TitlePaper, 'Description of a new invention of bellows call'd water bellows' by Martin Triewald
Date1736
DescriptionTriewald, a Captain of mechanics and military architect to his Swedish Majesty, shares a description of 'bellows for forges in the form of diving bells to be worked by running water'. Preceded by an engraved figure of the bellows with 'Carl Friedrich Piper' and a coat of arms at the top of the page.

Subject: Engineering

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'A description of a new invention of bellows, called water-bellows, by Martin Triewald, F. R. S. Captain of mechanics, and military architect to his Swedish majesty; communicated to the Royal Society by Sir Hans Sloane, Bart Pres. R. S.'

Communicated by Hans Sloane. Read to the Royal Society on 11 November 1736
LanguageEnglish
Extent13p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1737.0039
JBO/16/380
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8406Sloane; Sir; Hans (1660 - 1753); physician and collector1660 - 1753
NA4908Triewald; Martin (1691 - 1747)1691 - 1747
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