Credit: ©The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.16988

    Sketch in rough minutes

    Date
    20 February 1688
    Creator
    Unknown, Artist
    Object type
    Archive reference number
    Manuscript page number
    p147v
    Material
    Dimensions
    height (page): 318mm
    width (page): 203mm
    Subject
    Description
    This sketch appears on the back of the rough minutes from 20 February 1688. It might relate to a discussion of a letter from Mr Papin giving the description of an engine for the raising of weights by force of gunpowder, which involved a device with a 'cylindrical cavity'.
    Related fellows
    Denis Papin (1647, French) , Natural philosopher
    Associated place
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