| RefNo | CLP/18i/87 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'An account of an experiment made at a meeting of the Royal Society at Gresham College May the 30th 1705 touching the propagation of sound in condensed air. Together with a repetition of the same in the open field' by Francis Hauksbee |
| Date | [1705] |
| Description | Hauksbee writes: 'A Bell being included in a Brass Recipient, and plac’d at one end of a Room, about 50 yards in length: At the other end of which stood some Gentlemen to observe the found; which before any Air was intruded, the Bell upon shaking was heard at that distance, tho not without diligent attention.'
Subject: Physics
Read to the Royal Society on 13 June 1705
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'An account of an experiment made at a meeting of the Royal Society at Gresham college, upon the propagation of sound in condensed air. Together with a repetition of the same in the open field, by Mr F. Hauksbee' |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 2p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1704.0067 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8345 | Hauksbee; Francis (c 1660 - 1713) | c 1660 - 1713 |