| Reference number | CLP/4i/6 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'An account of a tench tryed in the exhausting engine' by Dr [William] Croon [Croone] |
| Date | [1663] |
| Description | Croone details an experiment involving putting a tench in a receiver and exhausting the air within. The tench died, and its bladder was flat and empty. A second experiment was performed by pumping air out, resulting in the bladder becoming distended.
Subject: Zoology
Read to the Royal Society on 20 May 1663. |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 2p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Physical description | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related records in the catalogue | RBO/2ii/37 |
| RBC/2/7 |
| RBO/2i/44 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8189 | Croone; William (1633 - 1684); physician | 1633 - 1684 |