| RefNo | CLP/6/8/3 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Diagram, explanation of the torricellian experiment by Dr Wallis |
| Date | 1662 |
| Description | Figures 2. 3. and 4. from John Wallis's explanation of the Torricellian experiment tried by Jonathan Goddard.
All figures consists of one cylinder filled with mercury / quicksilver submereged in a fluid, which might be glee. Figure 3. and 4. includes a second liquid, which completely submerges the cylinder in figure 4.
Diagrams found in the margin of the second page of the paper.
Subject: Pneumatics / Scientific apparatus and equipment |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Diagram |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | RB/1/25/428 |
| MS/776/176-77 |
| RBC/1/192-93 |
| RBO/1/188-89 |
| RelatedRecord | EL/W1/1 |
| CLP/6/8/5 |
| CLP/6/8/4 |
| CLP/6/8 |
| CLP/6/8/2 |
| CLP/6/8/1 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA7472 | Wallis; John (1616 - 1703); mathematician and cryptographer | 1616 - 1703 |