Credit: ©The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.15240

    An improved cider press

    Date
    23 March 1687
    Creator
    Unknown, Artist
    Object type
    Archive reference number
    Manuscript page number
    p1
    Material
    Dimensions
    height (page): 312mm
    width (page): 195mm
    Subject
    Content object
    Description
    An ink drawing of a cider-press with a pump, designed by Denis Papin. The design was submitted to the meeting of the Royal Society on 23 March 1687.
    Object history
    At the meeting of the Royal Society on 23 March 1687, ‘Dr. Papin produced the description of an engine for applying the weight or pressure of the air for pressing cyder or the like’ (Birch 4:529).

    The account is registered with the legend but without the image at RBO/7/1.
    Related fellows
    Denis Papin (1647, French) , Natural philosopher
    Associated place
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