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RefNoCLP/18i/116
LevelItem
TitlePaper, 'An account of some experiments in relation to the weight of common water under different circumstances' by Francis Hauksbee
Date1708
DescriptionHauksbee writes: 'First, I took a Glass of Common Water, and having weigh'd nicely a Glass-Bottle in it, whose Bulk was equal to the Bulk of 575 Grains of the same Fluid, then I caus'd some of the same Water to be boyl'd over the Fire; and after that, it was included in Vacuo, and there remain'd till it became of the same Temperature (as to coldness) with Common Water.'

Subject: Physics

Read to the Royal Society on 17 November 1708

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'An account of some experiments, in relation to the weight of common water under different circumstances'
LanguageEnglish
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1708.0041
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1708.0034
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8345Hauksbee; Francis (c 1660 - 1713)c 1660 - 1713
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