| RefNo | CLP/18ii/8 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'Some new magnetical experiments' by J T [John Theophilus] Desaguliers |
| Date | 1715 |
| Description | Desaguliers describes experiments undertaken to observe whether 'points in a wire touch'd by a loadstone, would keep the same distances after the wire was made longer by being drawn thro a smaller hole in the wire drawer's steel tool, or whether the distances would encrease in the same proportion as the wire was lengthen'd.'
Subject: Physics / Magnetism
Read to the Royal Society on 10 February 1715 |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 4p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8419 | Desaguliers; John Theophilus (1683 - 1744); natural philosopher | 1683 - 1744 |