RefNo | CLP/2/31 |
Level | Item |
Title | Paper, ‘A curious dissertation concerning the causes of the power and effects of musick’ by Robt [Robert] Hooke |
Date | [1726] |
Description | Hooke writes of the psychological effects of music, caused by harmony, sound mutation, tempo, and other musical features. This paper is extracted at CLP/2/32.
Subject: Psychology
Communicated by William Derham. Followed by a short note from Derham addressed to Dr [James] Jurin dated at Upminster near Rumford in Essex on 24 January 1726, in which Derham explains that he had recently found this paper by Hooke. |
Extent | 7p |
Format | Manuscript |
PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedRecord | CLP/2/32 |
RBO/13/14 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA6239 | Derham; William (1657 - 1735); naturalist | 1657 - 1735 |
NA8242 | Hooke; Robert (1635 - 1703); natural philosopher | 1635 - 1703 |
NA5031 | Jurin; James (1684 - 1750); physician | 1684 - 1750 |