| Reference number | RBO/6/134 |
| Alternative reference number | RBO.6.345 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Revision of the experiment to fire gunpowder 'in vacuo' by Denis Papin |
| Date | nd |
| Description | Believed that the mercurial gauge was inaccurate - redoing the experiment by making the Torricellian experiment on a pneumatic engine with the gauge in the same receiver - to determine whether the air in the receiver comes from striking the gunpowder
Read to the Royal Society on 26 January 1687 |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 2 sides |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | JBO/8/126 |
| Related records in the catalogue | CLP/18i/41 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA5721 | Papin; Denis (1647 - 1713); natural philosopher and inventor | 1647 - 1713 |