RefNo | CLP/18i/116 |
Level | Item |
Title | Paper, 'An account of some experiments in relation to the weight of common water under different circumstances' by Francis Hauksbee |
Date | 1708 |
Description | Hauksbee 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' |
Language | English |
Extent | 2p |
Format | Manuscript |
PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1708.0041 |
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1708.0034 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8345 | Hauksbee; Francis (c 1660 - 1713) | c 1660 - 1713 |