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RefNoCLP/24/46
LevelItem
TitlePaper, 'Account of ye sounding of ye depth of ye sea between Portsmouth and ye Ile [Isle] of Wight with ye wooden globe and lead' by William Brounker and Sir Robert Moray
Date17th century
DescriptionLists the length of time of the globe's submersion in the sea alongside the depth [in yards] of the line underwater. Notes that the time was measured by the vibrations of a piece of lead hung at a small pack-thread of about 39 2/10 inches measured from the centre of gravity of the lead.

Subject: Oceanography
Extent1p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA3503Brouncker; William (c1620 - 1684); 2nd Viscount Brouncker; mathematicianc1620 - 1684
NA8261Moray; Sir; Robert (1608 - 1673); army officer and politician1608 - 1673
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