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Reference numberCLP/18i/135
LevelItem
TitleAccount of an experiment concerning the angle required to suspend a drop of orange oil at certain points between two glass planes placed in the form of an 'A' wedge by Francis Hauksbee
Date1712
DescriptionRead to the Royal Society on 5 July 1712
LanguageEnglish
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
Access statusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA8345Hauksbee; Francis (c 1660 - 1713)c 1660 - 1713
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