| RefNo | CLP/6/74/1 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Manuscript, regarding the water works at London Bridge by Henry Beighton |
| Date | 1731 |
| Description | Beighton describes the waterworks and presents a calculation of the quantity of water raised by the engines, details about the power which moves the wheels, details about the velocity of the water, observations of the waterworks and suggestions of how to improve the machine. Includes one engraved figure of the waterworks.
Subject: Engineering
Read to the Royal Society on 1 April 1731
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'A description of the water-works at London-Bridge, explaining the draught of Tab. I.' |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 8p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1731.0002 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA7336 | Beighton; Henry (- 1743) | - 1743 |