Francis Hauksbee's air pump mb-code 2594531 Proposed design for a footbridge

Proposed design for a footbridge as designed for the safety of ladies and children crossing crowded streets

15th Feb 1948

received a kick from a horse behind the trochanter major

View of the courtyard in Gresham College

Francis Hauksbee's air pump mb-code 2594531 Proposed design for a footbridgePlate illustrates Hauksbee's introduction (pp. 1 4) to his book, entitled 'A General Description of the Air Pump made use of in the following Experiments'. Plate I from Physico mechanical experiments on various subjects, by Francis Hauksbee (London, 1709), presented to the Royal Society by the author on 26 October 1709. Hauksbee (ca. 1660 1713) was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1705, and was the Society's Curator of Experiments from 1703 to