Record

RefNoCLP/6/74
LevelFile
TitlePaper, regarding the water works at London Bridge by Henry Beighton
Date[1731]
DescriptionBeighton describes the waterworks and presents a calculation of the quantity of water raised by the engines, details about the power which moves the wheels, details about the velocity of the water, observations of the waterworks and suggestions of how to improve the machine. Includes one engraved figure of the waterworks.

Subject: Engineering

Read to the Royal Society on 1 April 1731

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'A description of the water-works at London-Bridge, explaining the draught of Tab. I.'
LanguageEnglish
Extent9p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1731.0002
RelatedRecordRBO/15/77
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA7336Beighton; Henry (- 1743) - 1743
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