| Reference number | CLP/18i/115 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'An account of an experiment touching the production of light within a globe glass whose inward surface is lined with sealing wax upon an attrition of its outside' by Francis Hauksbee |
| Date | 1708 |
| Description | Hauksbee writes: 'The seeming Congruity that appears to be between Sealing-Wax and Glass, in several Experiments already made in relation to Light and Electricity, producible on the Attrition of them, has already been taken notice of: And for a farther Confirmation of their agreableness, take the following Experiment.'
Subject: Physics
Read to the Royal Society on 16 June 1708
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'An account of an experiment, touching the production of light within a globe glass, whose inward surface is lin'd with sealing-wax, upon an attrition of its outside' |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 2p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Physical description | Ink on paper |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1708.0033 |
| Related records in the catalogue | RBO/9/78 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8345 | Hauksbee; Francis (c 1660 - 1713) | c 1660 - 1713 |