Reference number | CLP/20/32 |
Level | Item |
Title | Diagram, 'A figure of the wheel-barometer' by Robert Hooke |
Date | 7 October 1663 |
Description | Diagram 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 |
Extent | 1p |
Format | Diagram |
Physical description | Ink and ink wash on paper |
Access status | Open |
Related records in the catalogue | RBO/3/2 |
RBC/2/128 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | Name | Dates |
NA8242 | Hooke; Robert (1635 - 1703); natural philosopher | 1635 - 1703 |