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Reference numberCLP/20/32
LevelItem
TitleDiagram, 'A figure of the wheel-barometer' by Robert Hooke
Date7 October 1663
DescriptionDiagram illustrating a wheel barometer, showing a tube and dial for taking barometric readings. The equipment is similar to that illustrated in Hooke's Micrographia, but here it is depicted from an angle so that the mechanism at the rear of the dial is visible.

Subject: Meteorology
Extent1p
FormatDiagram
Physical descriptionInk and ink wash on paper
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Access statusOpen
Related records in the catalogueRBO/3/2
RBC/2/128
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CodeNameDates
NA8242Hooke; Robert (1635 - 1703); natural philosopher1635 - 1703
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