Record

Reference numberCLP/4i/48/2
LevelItem
TitleDrawing, great hail fallen in France communicated by Robert Boyle
Date1686
DescriptionDrawings on a loose sheet accompanying an 'Account of great haile fallen in France' communicated by Robert Boyle.

The drawings represent the different shapes of the hailstones, including spheres and sqaures, and have been shaded in.

Subject: Meteorology

Read to the Royal Society on 3 November 1686.
LanguageFrench
Extent3p
FormatDrawing
Physical descriptionInk on paper
Access statusOpen
Related materialJBO/8/101
Related records in the catalogueRBO/6/119
CLP/4i/48/1
CLP/4i/48
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA8137Boyle; Robert (1627 - 1691); natural philosopher and chemist1627 - 1691
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