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Air pump, 1761. This air pump by George Adams, instrument maker to the king, is the centrepiece of the pneumatics apparatus commissioned by George III in 1761. The arrangement of valves is copied from a pump made about 10 years earlier by John Smeaton, who later became famous as a civil engineer.
Location
Science Museum/London/Great Britain
Unique Identifier
ART401526
Type
Image
Purpose
Public
Size
2593px × 3504px
Photo Credit
SSPL/Science Museum / Art Resource, NY
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18th century CE
Georgian and Regency (1715-1837)
Pump
Scientific Instrument