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RefNoCLP/20/69
LevelItem
TitlePaper, Abstract of Mr. [Robert] Boyle's treatise of languid motions by Robert Hooke
Date17 February 1686
DescriptionDiscuses Boyle's theories of motion, including in examples such as when water is agitated by the explosion of a ship.

Subject: Physics
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialNotes that an account of Boyle's work is already given in the Philosophical Transactions no. 170.
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8242Hooke; Robert (1635 - 1703); natural philosopher1635 - 1703
NA8137Boyle; Robert (1627 - 1691); natural philosopher and chemist1627 - 1691
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