RefNo | RBO/4/55 |
AltRefNo | RBO.4.246 |
Level | Item |
Title | 'A Discourse to the Royall Society' made by William Petty |
Date | 26 November 1674 |
Description | Topics covered: - 'Wherein Duplicate and Subduplicate Ratio or Proportion is consderable' - 'Strength of Timber' - 'In the Oars of a Boate etc' - 'In the Motion of horses' - 'In Mills' - 'In Gunpowder' - 'Of Sounds' - 'Of Smells' - 'Concerns Visible Objects' - 'Of Fire and Spirits' - ' Of Rising & Falling bodies; but particularly of Waters in Pumps and River Streames' - 'In the Blast of Bellows' - 'In the Price of severall Comodities' - 'In Mill Dams, Sea Bancks and Bulwarks of Fortresses' - 'In the Compression of yielding and Elastic Bodies as Wooll' - 'Of Elasticity' |
Language | English |
Extent | 22 sides |
Format | Manuscript |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8268 | Petty; Sir; William (1623 - 1687); natural philosopher, administrator, and economist | 1623 - 1687 |