RefNo | CLP/20/77 |
Level | Item |
Title | Paper, A remonstrance concerning some of [Robert] Hooke's discoveries; the experiment of mixing oil of vitriol and water (endorsed "nothing in this to be printed") by Robert Hooke |
Date | 26 June 1689 |
Description | Hooke notes that he has made it his effort, for the Royal Society and its aim of improving natural knowledge, to: either define and reduce to a geometrical certainty the powers and effects of natural bodies which are already partly known, or to discover some new properties of natural bodies which have not been noticed before. Discusses his method and intentions.
Subject: Natural philosophy |
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 |