| Reference number | CLP/18i/120 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'An account of an experiment touching the propagation of sound through water' by Francis Hauksbee |
| Date | [1708-1709] |
| Description | Hauksbee writes: 'An Experiment that I made some time since, shewing that actual Sound could not be transmitted through a Vaccum, gave me an Inclination to try what would be the effect, to surround the Receiver that contain'd the sounding body, with so dense Medium as Water.'
Subject: Physics
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'An account of an experiment touching the propagation of sound through water' |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Physical description | Ink on paper |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1708.0057 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8345 | Hauksbee; Francis (c 1660 - 1713) | c 1660 - 1713 |