| RefNo | CLP/6/8 |
| Level | File |
| Title | Paper, 'Dr Wallis's account of Dr Goddard's expt [experiment] made at Gresham College [London], about weighing of glass-canes with the cylinders of quicksilver standing in them, according to the Torricellian Experiments' by [John] Wallis |
| Date | 1662 |
| Description | John Wallis's explanation of the Torricellian experiment tried by Jonathan Goddard at the meeting of the Royal Society on 13 August 1662. Wallis's paper, possibly this copy, was read two weeks later on 27 August 1662. The paper was ordered to be registered. Includes four diagrams of the experimental setup.
Subject: Pneumatics |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 6p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | RBO/1/187-94 |
| MS/776/174 |
| RB/1/25/427 |
| RelatedRecord | EL/W1/1 |
| CLP/6/8/5 |
| CLP/6/8/4 |
| CLP/6/8/3 |
| CLP/6/8/2 |
| CLP/6/8/1 |
| CLP/6/6 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA7472 | Wallis; John (1616 - 1703); mathematician and cryptographer | 1616 - 1703 |
| NA8226 | Goddard; Jonathan (c1617 - 1675); physician, chemist, and anatomist | c1617 - 1675 |