| Reference number | CLP/18i/130 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'An account of an experiment touching an endeavour to produce light thro a metallick body under the circumstances of a vacuum and attrition' by Francis Hauksbee |
| Date | 1711 |
| Description | Hauksbee describes an experiment attempting to produce light through a metallic body under a vacuum and attrition. He writes: 'It may be remembred, what success I had in producing Light through Bodies, such as Sealing Wax, Pitch, and common Sulphur; which gave me some probability, that under the same Circumstances I might like wife make some such Discovery thro' a Metallick Body.'
Subject: Physics
Read to the Royal Society on 6 December 1711
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'An account of an experiment, concerning an endeavour to produce Light thro' a Metallick Body, under the Cirumstances of a vaccum and attrition. By Mr. Fr. Hauksbee, F. R. S' |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 3p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Physical description | Ink on paper |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1710.0031 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8345 | Hauksbee; Francis (c 1660 - 1713) | c 1660 - 1713 |