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SUMMARY OF CURRENT RESEARCHES RELATING TO 



Oeorge Adams in 1736. The date is presumably indicated by a letter 

 found in the drawer of the box containing the apparatus, addressed to 

 the Rev. Mr. Talbot and signed by George Adams, and dated January 7, 

 1735/6 



The 'large wooden body is covered in its lower part with green 



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sheepskin, and this part slides in a tube of cardboard covered with 

 shagreen. The body is supported on three brass legs rising from the 

 brass triangular stage, and the stage in turn is supported l.'V three 

 straight brass legs standing on a black circular wooden base. The base 

 is fixed on to a square wooden box containing the apparatus. 



