| Reference number | EL/W1/141 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, from John Wallis to the publisher of 'Philosophical Transactions' |
| Creator | Wallis; John (1616-1703); mathematician; cryptographer; Savilian Professor of Geometry, University of Oxford |
| Date | 1672 |
| Description | Expanding letter EL/W1/140 which discussed the suspension of quicksilver, purged from air, which was higher than the ordinary standard in theTorricellian experiments
Figure attached |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 5p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | Extract printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 7, no 91, p 5160 |
| URL description | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
| URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/6afb356c-bb19-4638-904f-4194628246ca |