RefNo | CLP/20/94 |
Level | Item |
Title | Paper, Concerning M. [Jean de] Hautefeuille's work by Robert Hooke |
Date | 31 May 1699 |
Description | Discusses the book presented to the Royal Society by Dr [Martin] Lister, entitled 'Recuil des ouvrages de M. De Hautefeuille, contenant ... inventions nouvelles dans la physique et dans les mechaniques'. Notes what is contained within the collection, including explanations of the effects of the speaking trumpet, the process of spring watches, a perpetuall pendulum, and a new sort of balance, and a way of raising water by gunpowder, the art of breathing underwater, a new telescope, a new way of shortening the length of a telescope, etc.
Subject: Engineering, Optics, Mechanics, Physics, Astronomy |
Extent | 2p |
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 |
NA5683 | Hautefeuille; Jean de (1647 - 1724); clergyman and inventor | 1647 - 1724 |
NA8382 | Lister; Martin (1639 - 1712); physician and naturalist | 1639 - 1712 |