Concerning hydraulic instruments
Date
27 March 1686
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p7
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 430mm
width (page): 278mm
width (page): 278mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Diagrams illustrating William King's seven-page paper on water-raising instruments. King's paper had been discussed at a meeting of the Dublin Philosophical Society in 1684. St George Ashe, who on behalf of the Dublin Philosophical Society corresponded with William Musgrave of the Oxford Philosophical Society (who were apparently were aware of King's paper when it was first read at Dublin in 1684), wrote on 18 March 1686 that he was having King's paper transcribed by their clerk. This paper must have been sent on 27 March 1687 and subsequently forwarded to the Royal Society.
William King (1650-1726), the future Archbishop of Dublin, was an active member of the Dublin Philosophical Society and was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1705.
William King (1650-1726), the future Archbishop of Dublin, was an active member of the Dublin Philosophical Society and was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1705.
Transcription
Honorable Sir, I here send you Mr King, discourse of water engine, according to my promise, I have room to add no more, but that I am your most humble servant, St Georg Ashe
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Related fellows
St George Ashe (1658 - 1718, British) , Mathematician
William King (1650 - 1729, British Irish) , Clergyman
William King (1650 - 1729, British Irish) , Clergyman
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