Reference number | AP/10/34 |
Level | Item |
Title | Unpublished paper, 'A memoir containing a solution to a curious and interesting fact' by John Coombe |
Date | [1833?] |
Description | Paper received by the Royal Society as a result of a statement, titled 'A Curious Fact' (see AP/10 for description). Coombe seeks to answer the problem posed by the Society, drawing on principles of atmospheric pressure and the impact of the aperture of the tube on which the cards are placed.
Subject: Physics |
Extent | 25p |
Format | Manuscript |
Physical description | Ink on paper |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
Access status | Open |
Related records in the catalogue | AP/10/48 |