Improvement of a equicrural siphon
Date
27 May 1685
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p191
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 376mm
width (page): 239mm
width (page): 239mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Design of Denis Papin's improvement of an equicrural siphon, probably reported to the Royal Society on 27 May 1685 and ordered to be registered. In the years 1685 and 1686, Papin became interested in using the siphon mechanism to create a perpetual fountain, as published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 15, no. 178 (December 1685).
This image is copied from RBO/6/243.
This image is copied from RBO/6/243.
Object history
At the meeting on 20 May 1685, the secretary Francis Aston read a letter, ‘from Dr. Reiselius, dated at Stutgard, April 5, 1685, desiring that some books might be sent to the Duke of Wirtemberg [Württemberg], and mentioning, that the aequicrural syphon had worked at above thirty feet high. Mr. Aston was ordered to consult with Dr. Papin in giving an account of such experiments, as had been made concerning that syphon before the Society’ (Birch 4:401). Papin probably reported on the siphon with some improvements the following week, but it is not recorded in the minutes of the meeting.
Related fellows
Denis Papin (1647, French) , Natural philosopher
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