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RefNoPT/73/12/18
LevelItem
TitleDiagrams, compressing machine by W Rutt
CreatorRutt; W (fl 1825)
Date[1826]
DescriptionPlate 20, figures 1-12 showing the overall design and specific components of Jacob Perkins' machine for compressing water. Inscribed with publication and plate details. A pencil inscription at top reads 'There is also another which Mr P [Perkins] has had engraved already.' Signed in ink in bottom left, 'Drawn by W. Rutt.' Royal Society stamp verso.

Subject: Physics

Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'On the progressive compression of water by high degrees of force, with some trials of its effects on other fluids' by Jacob Perkins.

Read to the Royal Society on 15 June 1826.
Extent1p
FormatDiagram
PhysicalDescriptionWatercolour and ink on paper
Dimensions330x230mm
Digital imagesView item on Science in the Making
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1826.0036
DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1815.0304
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