| Reference number | CLP/20/35 |
| Level | File |
| Title | Paper, 'A way of sounding the depth of the sea without a line; and of bringing up water from any depth' by Robert Hooke |
| Date | 30 September 1663 |
| Description | Discusses Robert Hooke's invention for sounding the sea without a long line, using instead a ball sunk to the bottom of the sea by a weight which is released as soon as it touches the sea-floor and returns to the surface.
Subject: Oceanography |
| Extent | 2p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Physical description | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1666.0009
Diagram from this paper printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (1666) |
| Related records in the catalogue | CLP/20/35/3 |
| CLP/20/35/1 |
| CLP/20/35/2 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8242 | Hooke; Robert (1635 - 1703); natural philosopher | 1635 - 1703 |