| RefNo | AP/10/31/1 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Unpublished manuscript, regarding 'A curious fact' from John Bates to the President of the Royal Society |
| Date | 1 October 1833 |
| Description | Letter received by the Royal Society as a result of a statement, titled 'A Curious Fact' (see AP/10 for description). Bates first quotes the paragraph from his local newspaper, Drakard's Stamford News, and then provides his solution to the problem, stating that a vacuum or rarefied space is formed by blowing through the tube.
Subject: Physics
Written by Bates in Wilson Street, Newark [Nottinghamshire] and addressed to the President of the Royal Society [Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex]. Postmarked 3 October 1833. |
| Extent | 4p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedRecord | AP/10/31 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8338 | Augustus Frederick (1773 - 1843); Duke of Sussex | 1773 - 1843 |