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Figure 6

Ink sketch of a wooden pillar and various attachments for mechanical experiments

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George Adams, drawing of the mahogany pillar and attachments for making various experiments in mechanics, ‘Instructions to the illustrator’ of the mechanics manuscript, Plate 7. Ink on paper, 304 x 221 mm, 1761

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15180/140103/006