| Reference number | CLP/6/8/5 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Diagram, explanation of the torricellian experiment by Dr Wallis |
| Date | 1662 |
| Description | Figure 1. from John Wallis's explanation of the Torricellian experiment tried by Jonathan Goddard.
Consists of two cylinders filled with mercury / quicksilver submereged in two different levels of fluid, which might be glee.
Diagram found in the margin of the fourth page of the paper.
Subject: Pneumatics / Scientific apparatus and equipment |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Diagram |
| Physical description | Ink on paper |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | RBO/1/192 |
| MS/776/180 |
| RBC/1/196 |
| RB/1/25/430 |
| Related records in the catalogue | EL/W1/1 |
| CLP/6/8 |
| CLP/6/8/4 |
| CLP/6/8/3 |
| CLP/6/8/2 |
| CLP/6/8/1 |
| CLP/6/8/4 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA7472 | Wallis; John (1616 - 1703); mathematician and cryptographer | 1616 - 1703 |