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Authorised form of nameHauksbee; Francis (c 1660 - 1713)
Datesc 1660 - 1713
NationalityBritish
Place of birthColchester, Essex
Date of birthc 1660
Place of deathLondon
Dates and placesBaptism:
Colchester, Essex (27 May 1660)
Burial:
St Dunstan's-in-the-West, London
OccupationDraper; Scientific instrument maker
Research fieldExperimental physics
Scientific instrumentation
ActivityEducation:
Apprenticed as a draper to his elder brother (1678)
Career:
Possibly assistant to Denis Papin (FRS 1680); Curator of experiments to the Royal Society (1703-1713); gave demonstrations at his house and hired James Hodgson (FRS 1703) to lecture for him
Memberships:
Drapers' Company (1712)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election30/11/1705
RelationshipsSon of Richard Hauksbee, Draper, of Colchester; married Mary; his nephew, Francis Hauksbee the younger, was clerk and housekeeper to the Royal Society (1723-1763)
SourcesSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB; Clifton
References:
Jessie M Sweet, 'Sir Hans Sloane's Metalline Cubes' in NR 1953 vol 10 pp 99-100
Henry Guerlac, 'Newton's Optical Aether: his Draft of a Proposed Addition to his Opticks' in NR 1967 vol 22 pp 45-57
Stephen F Mason, 'The Spring-Tide of Experimental Philosophy', review of Marie Boas Hall, Promoting Experimental Learning: Experiment and the Royal Society, 1660-1727 in NR 1992 vol 46 pp 313-316
P Fontes da Costa, 'The Culture of Curiosity at The Royal Society in the first half of the eighteenth century', NR 2002 vo l56 pp 147-166
Notes:
Clifton says baptised 1660 at St Mary's Colchester. DSB gives burial date as 29 April 1713. See also MS 82 (letters of Brooke Taylor)
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/51774140
Royal Society codeNA8345
Archives associated with this Fellow
Reference numberTitleDate
CLP/18i/95Paper, continuation of experiments touching the electricity of bodies by Francis Hauksbee[1705]
RBO/9/80'Account of severall Experiments touching the seeming Spontaneous Ascent of Water between two Glass Planes' by Francis Hauksbee1708
CLP/18i/108Paper, experiment to show the production of light upon the attrition of glass on glass under water by Francis Hauksbee[1707]
CLP/18i/124List of the main experiments made in 1708/1709 by Francis Hauksbee[1709]
CLP/18i/105Paper, further observations of the experiments on the attrition of glass by Francis Hauksbee[1706]
RBO/9/77'Account of the Successe of an attempt to continue severall Atmospheres of Air condens'd in the space of One for a considerable time' by Francis Hauksbee1708
CLP/18i/114Paper, account of the success of an attempt to continue several atmospheres of air condensed in the space of one for a considerable time by Francis Hauksbee[1707]
CLP/18i/132Graphs showing the planes opened to an angle of 40 minutes and of 20 minutes by Francis Hauksbee[1711]
IM/005886Hauksbee, Francis and Priestley, Josephnd
CLP/18i/109List, regarding experiments offered by Francis Hauksbee for the approval of the Royal Society[1707]
MS/390/118Bond of Francis Hauksbee to the Treasurer of the Royal Society5 February 1706
CLP/18i/107Paper, continuation of experiments on the attrition of glass by Francis Hauksbee[1706-1707]
CLP/18i/103Paper, experiments touching the direction of woollen threads from the centre of a spherical glass to its circumference by Francis Hauksbee[1706]
CLP/5/43Paper, regarding a register of the weather from 20 July 1723 to 31 December 1724 by Francis Hauksbee1724
CLP/18i/106Paper, details of experiments which Francis Hauksbee hopes to carry out[1706]
CLP/18i/134Account of experiments concerning the proportion of the power of the loadstone at different distances by Francis Hauksbee1712
CLP/6/71Paper, 'Account of the specifick gravities of three several pieces of tin ore' by Francis Hauksbee1728
CLP/18i/131Account of an experiment touching the direction of a drop of orange oil between two glass planes by Francis Hauksbee1712
CLP/18i/102Paper, account of further experiments touching the ascension of water between two glass planes in an hyperbolic curve by Francis Hauksbee[1706]
RBO/16/18'An account of a Book entitled of the portable Laboratory by Peter Shaw and Francis Hauksbee' by John Henry Hampe1731
CLP/18i/101Paper, experiment confirming the production of light by the effluvia of one glass falling on another in motion by Francis Hauksbeend
CLP/18i/140Paper, 'An account of an experiment touching the asscention of water between two glasse planes in an hyperbolick figure' by Francis Hauksbee1712
CLP/18i/113Paper, account of the repetition of an experiment showing the motion of bodies in a glass by the approach of a finger by Francis Hauksbee[1707]
CLP/18i/92Paper, details of the machine to give swift motion to bodies in vacuo without admitting the external air by Francis Hauksbeend
CLP/18i/97Paper, experiment to show the production of a considerable light on the attrition of glass on glass in vacuo and in common air by Francis Hauksbee[1705]
CLP/18i/96Paper, 'An account of an experiment made January the 2nd 1705/6 at a meeting of the Royal Society at Gresham College touching the production of a purple light upon the attrition of glass on woolen in vacuo together with the various phenomena of the same experiment at several tryals' by Francis Hauksbee[1705]
CLP/18iClassified papers: volume 18i of classified papers concering 'Papin and Hauksbee papers'1678-1712
CLP/18i/144Note, regarding two experiments by Francis Hauksbee[1704-1712]
RBO/9/79'Account of severall Experiments in Relation to the Weight of common Water under different circumstances' by Francis Hauksbee1708
CLP/18i/112Paper, account of an experiment on the difficulty of separating two hemispheres upon the injection of an atmosphere of air on their outward surfaces without withdrawing the internal air by Francis Hauksbee[1707]
CLP/18i/83Paper, regarding experiments on firing gunpowder in vacuo with a candent iron by Francis Hauksbee[1705]
CLP/18i/84Paper, 'An account of an experiment touching the quantity of air produc'd from a certain quantity of gunpowder fir'd in common air' by Francis Hauksbee[1704-1705]
CLP/18i/141Paper, 'An account of an experiment touching the proportions of the asscent of spirit of wine betwen two glasse planes whose surfaces were plac'd at certain different distances one from the other' by Francis Hauksbee1712
CLP/18i/104Paper, experiment to show that the effluvia of glass are capable of performing the office of attrition causing a light by falling on the exhausted glass in motion (as if rubbed by the hand) by Francis Hauksbee [1706]
CLP/18i/111Paper, regarding a body more ponderous than that of water by Francis Hauksbee[1707]
CLP/18i/143Table, regarding experiments showing the drops of spirit of wine ascending between two glass planes 20.5 inches long by Francis Hauksbee1712
CLP/18i/138Appendix, 'To be added to the experiments touching the seeming spontanious asscention of water between two glasse planes' by Francis Hauksbee[1712]
CLP/18i/88Paper, 'Experiments on the mercurial phosphor [phosphorus]' by Francis Hauksbee[1705]
CLP/18i/89Paper, regarding Bernoulli's discovery of phosphorus on the surface of quicksilver in the Torricellian experiment by Francis Hauksbee24 October 1705
CLP/18i/126Paper, 'Experiments concerning the time required in the descent of different bodies, of different magnitudes and weights, in common air, from a certain height' by Francis Hauksbee1710
CLP/18i/120Paper, 'An account of an experiment touching the propagation of sound through water' by Francis Hauksbee[1708-1709]
CLP/18i/82Paper, 'An account of an experiment made December the 26th 1704 to try the quality of air produc’d from gunpowder, fir’d in Vacuo Boyliano' by Francis Hauksbee[1704]
CLP/18i/94Paper, 'An account of some experiments touching the electricity and light produced on the attrition of several bodies' by Francis Hauksbee[1705]
CLP/18i/85Paper, 'An account of an experiment of the different densities of the air, from the greatest natural heat, to the greatest natural cold in this climate' by Francis Hauksbee[1704]
CLP/18i/98Paper, 'An experiment made at Gresham College shewing that the seemingly spontaneous ascension of water in small tubes open at both ends is the same in vacuo as in the open air' by Francis Hauksbee[1705]
CLP/18i/142Paper, 'An account of several experiments touching the seeming spontaneous asscention of water between two glasse planes' by Francis Hauksbee[1709]
CLP/18i/93Paper, 'An account of an experiment made November the 25th 1705 at a meeting of th Royal Society at Gresham College showing that light is produceable upon a swift attrition of amber on woolen in vacuo' by Francis Hauksbee[1705]
CLP/18i/91Paper, 'Experiments on the mercurial phosphor [phosphorus] made at a meeting of th Royal Society at Gresham College November the 7th 1705' by Francis Hauksbee1705
CLP/18i/117Paper, 'An experiment touching the freezing of common water and water purg'd of air' by Francis Hauksbee1708
CLP/18i/139Paper, 'An account of two experiments touching the asscent of water in wood ashes ramm'd into a glasse tube, one in common air, the other in vacuo' by Francis Hauksbee[1712]
CLP/18i/90Paper, 'Several experiments on the mercurial phosphorus made before the Royal Society at Gresham College' by Francis Hauksbee[1705]
CLP/18i/125Paper, 'An account of an experiment touching an attempt to produce light on the inside of a globe glasse lin'd with melted flowers of sulphur, as in the experiments of sealing wax and pitch' by Francis Hauksbee[1709]
CLP/18i/119Paper, 'An experiment touching the weighing of bodies of the same species, but of very unequal surfaces, in common water, being of an equal weight in common air' by Francis Hauksbee1708
CLP/18i/127Paper, 'The specifick gravities of several mettaline cubes. Comparison with their like bulks of water' by Francis Hauksbee1711
CLP/18i/100Paper, 'An account of an experiment made before the Royal Society at Gresham College, October the 23rd 1706, together with a repetition of the same, touching the production of a considerable light upon a slight attrition of the hands on a glass globe exhausted of its air: with other remarkable occurrances' by Francis Hauksbee1706
CLP/18i/115Paper, 'An account of an experiment touching the production of light within a globe glass whose inward surface is lined with sealing wax upon an attrition of its outside' by Francis Hauksbee1708
CLP/18i/122Paper, 'An account of an experiment touching the propagation of sound passing from the sonorous body into the common air in one direction only' by Francis Hauksbee[1709]
CLP/18i/121Paper, 'An account of an experiment shewing that actual sound is not to be transmitted through a vacuum' by Francis Hauksbee1709
CLP/18i/130Paper, 'An account of an experiment touching an endeavour to produce light thro a metallick body under the circumstances of a vacuum and attrition' by Francis Hauksbee1711
CLP/18i/116Paper, 'An account of some experiments in relation to the weight of common water under different circumstances' by Francis Hauksbee1708
CLP/18i/110Table, regarding rarefied and condensed air equidistant from the medium common air by Francis Hauksbee[1707]
CLP/18i/87Paper, 'An account of an experiment made at a meeting of the Royal Society at Gresham College May the 30th 1705 touching the propagation of sound in condensed air. Together with a repetition of the same in the open field' by Francis Hauksbee[1705]
CLP/18ii/2Paper, 'An experiment made before the Royal Society' by J T [John Theophilus] Desaguliers15 April 1714
CLP/18i/118Paper, 'An account of an experiment touching the freezing of common water ting'd with a liquid, said to be extracted from shell lac [shellac]' by Francis Hauksbee1708
CLP/18i/128Paper, 'Experiments concerning the effects of air past thro red hot mettals' by Francis Hauksbee1711
CLP/18i/123Paper, 'An account of an experiment shewing that an object may become visible thro such an opake body as pitch in the dark, whilst it is under the circumstances of attrition and a vacuum' by Francis Hauksbee1709
CLP/18i/87aPaper, 'Experiments on the resilition of bodies in common air, in vacuo, and in air condens'd. Made at a meeting of the Royal Society at Gresham College' by Francis Hauksbee[1705]
CLP/18i/129Paper, 'An account of the repetition of an experiment of the late Dr Hooke's, concerning two liquors, which when mixt together would possess less space, than when separate: with another experiment confirming the same' by Francis Hauksbee1711
CLP/18i/99Paper, 'An account of experiment made May the 15th 1706 before the Royal Society at Gresham College touching the proportion of the weight of air to the weight of a like bulk of water, without knowing the quantity of either' by Francis Hauksbee[1706]
CLP/18i/86Paper, 'Experiments on the production and propagation of light from the phosphorus in vacuo made before the Royal Society at Gresham College April the 25th 1705' by Francis Hauksbee[1705]
CLP/18i/81Paper, 'An account of the experiment made December the 20th 1704 at a meeting of the Royal Society December at Gresham College about firing gunpowder in vacuo Boyliano with a candent iron' by Francis Hauksbee[1704-1705]
CLP/18i/133Paper, 'An account of experiments touching the keeping of fishes in water under different circumstances' by Francis Hauksbee1711
CLP/18i/136Paper, 'An account of two experiments on the same [lead] with that, of the seeming spontanious asscention of water between two glasse planes in common air' by Francis Hauksbee1712
CLP/18i/137Paper, 'A continuation of experiments touching the seeming spontanious asscention of water or other liquids' by Francis Hauksbee[1712]
CLP/18i/135Paper, 'An account of an experiment conserning the angle requir'd to suspend a drop of oyle of oranges at certain stations between two glasse planes, plact in the form of a wedg' by Francis Hauksbee1712
RBO/9/78'Account of an Experiment touching the Production of Light within a Globe Glass whose inward Surface is lined with Sealing Wax upon an Attrition of its outside' by Francis Hauksbee1708
RBO/9/73'Proposals for making Experiments by Francis Hauksbee'1706
RBO/9/109'Account of a machine for Exhausting the Air from Proper vessels by the Descent of Quicksilver being an Improvment of that method which was made use of in the Academie Del Cimento' by Francis Hauksbee1710
MOB/019Double-barrelled air pump by Francis Hauksbeec.1705
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