New engine for raising water
Date
1686
Object type
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Manuscript page number
p285
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 135mm
width (page): 146mm
width (page): 146mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Design of an engine that circulates water using bellows.
In Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 15, no. 173 (July 1685), Denis Papin had shown an image of his perpetual fountain as a 'riddle' for others to guess its design. This was a way to claim priority. There were two responses, by W. Tenon and by Salomon Reisel, neither of which Papin claimed to work. Papin revealed his design at the meeting on 13 January 1686, which was ordered to be registered. The design was printed in Philosophical Transactions, vol. 15, no. 178 (December 1685).
This image is copied in LBC/10/360a.
In Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 15, no. 173 (July 1685), Denis Papin had shown an image of his perpetual fountain as a 'riddle' for others to guess its design. This was a way to claim priority. There were two responses, by W. Tenon and by Salomon Reisel, neither of which Papin claimed to work. Papin revealed his design at the meeting on 13 January 1686, which was ordered to be registered. The design was printed in Philosophical Transactions, vol. 15, no. 178 (December 1685).
This image is copied in LBC/10/360a.
Object history
Tab. 1, fig, 4: water engine, from Denis Papin, ‘A full description, with the use of the new contrivance for raising water, propounded in the Phil. Trans. No. 173', Phil. Trans. vol. 15, no. 178 (December 1685), pp. 1274-78.
Related fellows
Denis Papin (1647, French) , Natural philosopher
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