RefNo | CLP/20/32 |
Level | Item |
Title | Diagram, 'A figure of the wheel-barometer' by Robert Hooke |
Date | 7 October 1663 |
Description | Diagram illustrating a wheel barometer, showing a tube and dial for taking barometric readings. The equipment is similar to that illustrated in Hooke's Micrographia, but here it is depicted from an angle so that the mechanism at the rear of the dial is visible.
Subject: Meteorology |
Extent | 1p |
Format | Diagram |
PhysicalDescription | Ink and ink wash on paper |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedRecord | RBO/3/2 |
RBC/2/128 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8242 | Hooke; Robert (1635 - 1703); natural philosopher | 1635 - 1703 |