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RefNoRBO/18/33
AltRefNoRBO.18.211
LevelItem
TitleFour papers by Henry Beighton
Date1732
DescriptionPapers on:
- 'why a Bullet shot from a Gun (slanting) on a Fluid, will soon rise out of it again, and be thrown into the Air...' - solution provided
- 'The Reason why opening or widening the muzzle or mouth of a Gun or fowling Piece makes it carry the Shot closer together' - solution provided
- 'An Essay towards assigning a reason why persons falling into a deep Coal pit are seldom kill'd when falling into one more shallow they frequently either break their limbs or are kill'd outright'
- 'An account of a most terrible Hurrican at Nun-Eaton in Warwickshire' on 20 August 1712 - details of damage caused
Read to the Royal Society on 25 January or 1 March 1732
LanguageEnglish
Extent12 sides
FormatManuscript
Digital imagesView item on Science in the Making
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA7336Beighton; Henry (- 1743) - 1743
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