Credit: ©The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.16123

    Water-raising engine

    Date
    1670s-1680s
    Creator
    Unknown, Artist
    Object type
    Archive reference number
    Manuscript page number
    pp111v-112r
    Material
    Dimensions
    height (page): 310mm
    width (page): 370mm
    Subject
    Content object
    Description
    Rough sketch of a water-raising engine.

    Account of Antoni van Leeuwenhoek's microscopical observations and mechanical apparatus by an unknown hand among Robert Boyle's papers.
    Transcription
    L'eau du tuyau FF remplit tousjours le receptacle GG
    Transcribed by the Making Visible project
    Related fellows
    Robert Boyle (1627 - 1691, British) , Natural philosopher
    Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (1632 - 1723, Dutch) , Naturalist
    Associated place
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