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RefNoRBO/7/18
AltRefNoRBO.7.20
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Title'Mr Papin about using gunpowder to raise weights'
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DescriptionAlso discussing the pump exhausted of air by means of gunpowder
Read to the Royal Society on 26 October 1687
LanguageEnglish
Extent6 sides
FormatManuscript
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialJBO/8/163, 167 and 245
RelatedRecordCLP/18i/65
CLP/18i/63
CLP/18i/62
EL/P1/88
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CodePersonNameDates
NA5721Papin; Denis (1647 - 1713); natural philosopher and inventor1647 - 1713
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