| RefNo | RBO/12/2 |
| AltRefNo | RBO.12.466 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | 'A new Contrivance for taking Levels' by J Desaguliers |
| Date | 1724 |
| Description | Discussing thermometers and barometers - discussing work by Hooke, Halley, Stephen Gray on this - discusses his own barometer with figures in text
Read to the Royal Society on 11 March 1724 |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 8 sides |
| Format | Manuscript and typescript documents |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 33 no 385 (1724), p 165 |
| RelatedRecord | CLP/18ii/16 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8419 | Desaguliers; John Theophilus (1683 - 1744); natural philosopher | 1683 - 1744 |
| NA8242 | Hooke; Robert (1635 - 1703); natural philosopher | 1635 - 1703 |