RefNo | 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 |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | Extract printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 7, no 91, p 5160 |
URLDescription | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/6afb356c-bb19-4638-904f-4194628246ca |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8001 | Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondent | c1619 - 1677 |
NA7472 | Wallis; John (1616 - 1703); mathematician and cryptographer | 1616 - 1703 |