| RefNo | CLP/18ii/10/1 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Manuscript, 'An account of an experiment made before the Royal Society December 14 1721, to shew that when a heterogeneous body descends in a fluid with an uniform motion, the whole weight of the body is communicated to the fluid; whereby the pressure of the fluid upon any subjacent body is encreas'd, not only in proportion to its absolute weight; tho in the beginning of the fall (whilst the body was accelerating its motion) the whole weight of the body was not communicated to the fluid' by J T [John Theophilus] Desaguliers |
| Date | 1721 |
| Description | Desaguliers describes an experiment into fluid dynamics regarding the descent of a body in fluid with a uniform motion. Conclusions in reply to G H Rastius's objections concerning Leibnitz's new principle for explaining the cause of the variation of the height of the mercury in the barometer. Includes one diagram of experimental apparatus.
Subject: Physics
Read to the Royal Society on 11 January 1721 |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 3p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedRecord | RBO/11/41 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8419 | Desaguliers; John Theophilus (1683 - 1744); natural philosopher | 1683 - 1744 |