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Reference numberDM/5/73E
LevelItem
Title'Experiments and Matters recommended to Mr William Balle'
Date1664
DescriptionThree items listed: "To write to Dr Cotton to examine whether the difference of the weight of bodies above and under ground, in the experiment made by himself, proceeded from the different degrees of thickness, or from the pressure of Air, according to the way suggested by Mr Boyle, May 25 1664"; "To observe the variation of the Needle in Whitehall garden where were desired to be present My Lord Brouncker, Sir Robert Moray, Sir Paul Neile, Mr Oldenburg, Mr Hook July 6 1664" and "To have his quadrepolar magnet armed on all the 4 poles, July 20 1664"
Extent1 side
FormatManuscript
Access statusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA4277Ball; William (c1627 - 1690); astronomerc1627 - 1690
NA3346Cotton; Edward (c1616 - 1675); clergymanc1616 - 1675
NA8137Boyle; Robert (1627 - 1691); natural philosopher and chemist1627 - 1691
NA3503Brouncker; William (c1620 - 1684); 2nd Viscount Brouncker; mathematicianc1620 - 1684
NA8261Moray; Sir; Robert (1608 - 1673); army officer and politician1608 - 1673
NA8265Neile; Sir; Paul (1613 - 1686); courtier and patron of science1613 - 1686
NA8001Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondentc1619 - 1677
NA8242Hooke; Robert (1635 - 1703); natural philosopher1635 - 1703
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