Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.8603
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New condenser and air pump
Date
1811
Creator
Gilbert Austin (1753 - 1837, Irish) , Clergyman
Object type
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Material
Dimensions
height (drawing): 232mm
width (drawing): 182mm
width (drawing): 182mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Plate 13 from the paper "On a new construction of a condenser and air-pump", by Gilbert Austin, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol.103 (1813), pp.138-145. Figures showing the overall construction and several details of vessels, tubes, collars and joints. The sketches are inscribed above with publication and plate details. Not signed. Royal Society stamp verso. Watermark "1807".
Object history
An illustration produced for publication in the journal Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.
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