Record

Reference numberCLP/20/25/2
Alternative reference numberCLP/20/25 p1
LevelItem
TitleDiagram, Small glass pipe used as a gauge by Robert Hooke
Date3 February 1664
DescriptionDiagram shows the design of a glass gauge to measure the relative weight of air and water. The result of the experiment was reported to the meeting of the Royal Society on 10 February 1664.

Text accompanying image reads: 'The gage was made of a small pipe of glasse of the shape represented in the figure ABC.'

Subject: Physics, Natural Philosophy
Extent1p
FormatDiagram
Physical descriptionInk on paper
Access statusOpen
Related records in the catalogueCLP/20/25
CLP/20/25/1
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA8242Hooke; Robert (1635 - 1703); natural philosopher1635 - 1703
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