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RefNoRBO/1/44
AltRefNoRBO.1.187
LevelItem
Title'Dr Wallis his Accompt of the Experiment made at Gresham College'
Date13 August 1662
DescriptionExperiments made at Gresham College about the weight of air with figures in text according to Archimedes' 'De insidentibus humido'
7 figures
Page 187 - Figure 1, ink, vessel of water
Page 188 - Figure 2, ink, vessel fo water
Page 189 - Figure 3, ink, vesel fo water; Figure 4, ink, vesel fo water
Page 190 - Figure 5, ink, vessel of water
Page 192 - Figure 6, ink, vesel of water
Page 194 - Figure 7, ink, vessel of water
LanguageEnglish
Extent9 sides
FormatManuscript
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedRecordRBC/1/47
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA7472Wallis; John (1616 - 1703); mathematician and cryptographer1616 - 1703
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