| RefNo | CLP/20/41/2 |
| AltRefNo | CLP/20/41 p7 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Diagram, Diagram of the motion of a conical pendulum by Robert Hooke |
| Date | 23 May 1666 |
| Description | Diagram shows a triangle with a curve through it and various lines through the triangle marked out. Hooke attempts to explain his hypothesis for why planets moved in curved or elliptical orbits - that the curved motion came from the attractive property of a body at the centre - through a series of experiments using a pendulum.
Subject: Mathematics, Geometry, Astronomy |
| Extent | 12p |
| Format | Diagram |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedRecord | CLP/20/41/1 |
| CLP/20/41 |
| CLP/20/41/3 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8242 | Hooke; Robert (1635 - 1703); natural philosopher | 1635 - 1703 |