Record

Reference numberCLP/2/13/4
LevelItem
TitleDiagram, inside of micrometer by [Robert Hooke?]
Date[1667]
DescriptionFigure of a part of the micrometer, representing the inside of the part. Figure is drawn on a slip of paper which has been enclosed.

Subject: Astronomy

Similar figure published in Philosophical Transactions as 'A description of an instrument for dividing a foot into many thousand parts, and thereby measuring the diameters of planets to great exactness, &c. as it was promised, Numb. 25.'
Extent1p
FormatDiagram
Physical descriptionInk on paper
Access statusOpen
Related materialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1666.0044
RBO/3/227a
RBO/3/229
Related records in the catalogueCLP/2/13
CLP/2/13/1
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA8242Hooke; Robert (1635 - 1703); natural philosopher1635 - 1703
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