Engine for raising water for irrigation
Date
29 June 1681
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p517
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 150mm
width (page): 176mm
width (page): 176mm
Subject
Description
Sketch of a device apparently used in China to raise water for irrigation, described by Sir Christopher Wren. The drawing appears on a slip of paper bound with draft minutes of a meeting of the Royal Society on 29 June 1681, at which Wren 'gave a description of and conjecture about the way of raising water in China for watering ground' (Birch 4:93). The minutes were taken by Robert Hooke, and are now part of the 'Hooke folio' (MS/847).
Transcription
China water engine. Sr. C Wren for watering Ground
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Object history
At the meeting of the Royal Society on 29 June 1681, 'The president gave a description of and conjecture about the way of raising water in China for watering ground; which it was desired might be farther explained' (Birch 4:93).
Related fellows
Robert Hooke (1635 - 1703, British) , Natural philosopher
Christopher Wren (1632 - 1723, British) , Architect
Christopher Wren (1632 - 1723, British) , Architect
Associated place