The discourse made before the Royal Society the 26. of November, 1674, concerning the use of duplicate proportion in sundry important particulars together with a new hypothesis of springing or elastique motions / by Sir William Petty, Kt. ...

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The discourse made before the Royal Society the 26. of November, 1674, concerning the use of duplicate proportion in sundry important particulars together with a new hypothesis of springing or elastique motions / by Sir William Petty, Kt. ...
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Petty, William, Sir, 1623-1687.
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London :: Printed for John Martyn ...,
1674.
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Physics -- Early works to 1800.
Atomic structure -- Early works to 1800.
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"The discourse made before the Royal Society the 26. of November, 1674, concerning the use of duplicate proportion in sundry important particulars together with a new hypothesis of springing or elastique motions / by Sir William Petty, Kt. ..." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A54611.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 15, 2024.

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The Fifth Instance, In Mills.

WHere the wind blows, suppose, on a Saw∣mill, in double Velocity, there the Saw-mill, which carried but one Saw, shall carry four; If treble, shall carry nine. And the like is true of water gush∣ing out upon the floats of Under-shot Mills; as may be seen in the Stampers of Paper-Mills, the Stocks of

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Fulling-Mills; and other Works of the like nature.

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