| RefNo | CLP/6/6/2 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Diagram, weighing of glass canes and cylinder of mercury by Jonathan Goddard |
| Date | 6 August 1662 |
| Description | The diagram consists of a cane shaped glass, the quicksilver being represented by shading.
Because the air incumbent upon A is equal in weight to the cylinder of quicksilver BC, therefore the quicksilver keeps at that altitude above AB. And because the whole cane and quicksilver ABCD is hanging at D and becuase the cylinder of BC is counterballanced by the air upon A; therefore at D is the weight of the whole cane, quicksilver and air.
Subject: Physics / Scientific apparatus and instruments |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Diagram |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | MS/776/183 |
| RelatedRecord | RBO/1/43 |
| CLP/6/6/1 |
| CLP/6/6 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8226 | Goddard; Jonathan (c1617 - 1675); physician, chemist, and anatomist | c 1617 - 1675 |
| NA3503 | Brouncker; William (c1620 - 1684); 2nd Viscount Brouncker; mathematician | c 1620 - 1684 |