RefNo | RBO/9/82 |
AltRefNo | RBO.9.211 |
Level | Item |
Title | 'Letter to the Reverend Dr John Harris FRS relating to a pretended Invention of Dr Papin FRS' by Thomas Savery |
Date | 1709 |
Description | Concerning machine to raise water by fire - discussing Papin's improvements (see RBO/9/83) Figure; ink and inkwash on paper. Size 99x84mm Sketch of a machine for raising water by steam, included in this manuscript copy account. Savery describes a model sent to him by the Prince of Hesse-Kassel and his explanation of why it did not work. These improvements, he claims, were then appropriated by Denis Papin (1647-c.1712) the Prince's operator.
Read to the Royal Society on 18 May 1709, but not published in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'.
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Language | English |
Extent | 6 sides |
Format | Manuscript |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedRecord | CLP/6/61 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA5721 | Papin; Denis (1647 - 1713); natural philosopher and inventor | 1647 - 1713 |
NA2704 | Savery; Thomas (c 1650 - 1715) | c 1650 - 1715 |