RefNo | CLP/20/7 |
Level | Item |
Title | Paper, 'On the difference of gravity by removing the body further from the surface of the Earth' by Robert Hooke |
Date | 24 December 1662 |
Description | Having conducted an experiment about the decrease of gravity the further a body is taken below the surface of the earth, now relates an experiment as to whether the body's weight would differ if it was moved nearer or further upwards from the surface of the earth. Discusses performing this experiment from a height at Westminster Abbey, and the findings.
Subject: Physics |
Extent | 3p |
Format | Manuscript |
PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8242 | Hooke; Robert (1635 - 1703); natural philosopher | 1635 - 1703 |