An new engine for raising water
Date
13 January 1686
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p1
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 348mm
width (page): 233mm
width (page): 233mm
Subject
Description
An invention by Denis Papin to raise water from a water well to a basin, and to an even higher basin up to 20 feet high (CC).
Object history
At the meeting of the Royal Society on 13 January 1685/6, 'Dr. Papin read a paper of his, containing an account of the contrivance of his water-engine for circulating water; which was ordered to be registered. He read likewise his thoughts concerning the water-engine at London-Bridge, which raises water without intermission. He affirmed, that though the inward contrivance of that pump was concealed, he could make another, which should have the same effect, and produced a scheme of his invention' (Birch 4:452).
Related fellows
Denis Papin (1647, French) , Natural philosopher
Associated place