| Reference number | CLP/18i/90 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'Several experiments on the mercurial phosphorus made before the Royal Society at Gresham College' by Francis Hauksbee |
| Date | [1705] |
| Description | Hauksbee describes two experiments: the first, to show that light is produced from mercury by passing common air through the body of it after the receiver is exhausted; and the second to show that mercury will appear as a shower of fire whilst descending in vacuo from the top to the bottom of a receiver.
Subject: Physics
Read to the Royal Society on 7 November 1705
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Several experiments on the mercurial phosphorus, made before the Royal Society, at Gresham-College, by Mr Fra. Hauksbee, F. R. S.' |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 3p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Physical description | Ink on paper |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1704.0096 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8345 | Hauksbee; Francis (c 1660 - 1713) | c 1660 - 1713 |