RefNo | CLP/20/23/2 |
AltRefNo | CLP/20/23 p1 |
Level | Item |
Title | Diagram, Instruments for sounding the depth of the sea and bringing samples of water to the surface by Robert Hooke |
Date | 30 September 1663 |
Description | Figures illustrating the paper: 'The wayes which I prefer before severall other Contrivances which I thought of, for sounding ye Depth of the Sea and fetching up water from any Depth are these.'
Figure 1 shows an instrument for sounding depths, with a sphere on top hooked onto a sphere below. Figure 2 shows an instrument for fetching water from any depth in the sea, a large bow-shaped instrument with two boxes attached to it. A small additional slip of paper showing the lower part of the instrument for Figure 2 (which appears as an oval shaped instrument hanging off the rest by a hook) has been attached to the bottom of the drawing with red sealing wax.
Subject: Oceanography |
Extent | 1p |
Format | Diagram |
PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1665.0156 Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society volume 1 issue 9 (1665). These figures were discussed at the meeting of the Royal Society on 30 September 1663, and also entered into the Society's Register Book. |
RelatedRecord | CLP/20/23/1 |
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Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8242 | Hooke; Robert (1635 - 1703); natural philosopher | 1635 - 1703 |