| 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 |