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Experimental enquiry concerning the natural powers of wind and water to turn mills and other machines depending on a circular motion : And An experimental examination of the quantity and proportion of mechanic power necessary to be employed in giving different degrees of velocity to heavy bodies from a state of rest. Also New fundamental experiments upon the collision of bodies. With five plates of machines

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Title: Experimental enquiry concerning the natural powers of wind and water to turn mills and other machines depending on a circular motion : And An experimental examination of the quantity and proportion of mechanic power necessary to be employed in giving different degrees of velocity to heavy bodies from a state of rest. Also New fundamental experiments upon the collision of bodies. With five plates of machines

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Classmark: Gillinson Collection/SME

Creator(s): Smeaton, John (1724-1792)

Publisher: Printed for I. and J. Taylor

Publication city: London

Date(s): 1796

Language: English

Size and medium: vii, 110 p

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/250066

Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991015867189705181

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Includes special half-titles: An experimental examination of the quantity and proportion of mechanic power...; New fundamental experiments upon the collision of bodies.

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Inscribed on title-page "Edward Kendall the Gift of his Uncle E.K. Jones"

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