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  <dc:title>Translation of a letter, from Bernard Forest de Belidor to Dr [Cromwell]  Mortimer, dated at La Fere</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Original dated 24 October 1733
Belidor informs the Royal Society about progress on his treatise about 'hydraulic architecture'; Belidor describes the machine that can raise water from a spring or running water, invented by two clergymen from Picardy, and then states that he can send plans, profiles etc. if the Royal Society wishes</dc:description>
  <dc:date>1733</dc:date>
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