| RefNo | CLP/18i/123 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'An account of an experiment shewing that an object may become visible thro such an opake body as pitch in the dark, whilst it is under the circumstances of attrition and a vacuum' by Francis Hauksbee |
| Date | 1709 |
| Description | Hauksbee describes an experiment showing that an object may become visible through an opaque body, such as pitch in the dark, under the circulstances of attrition and a vacuum. He writes that 'The Experiment affords a signal Confirmation of another formerly made, and differs only in the Matter made use of.'
Subject: Physics
Read to the Royal Society on August 1709
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'An account of an experiment, shewing that an object may become visible through such an opake body as pitch in the dark, while it is under the ctrcumstances of attrition and a vacuum' |
| 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.1708.0061 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8345 | Hauksbee; Francis (c 1660 - 1713) | c 1660 - 1713 |