Paper, 'The specifick gravities of several mettaline cubes. Comparison with their like bulks of water' by Francis Hauksbee
Reference number: CLP/18i/127
Date: 1711
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Hauksbee briefly describes observations on some metal cubes, delivered to him by Dr [Hans] Sloane, and compares them with equivalent weights of water. He presents a table showing the weight of the cubes in air, the weight of the cubes in water and these weights 'in proportion to their like bulks of water'. Note reads 'see April 17 1711'.
Subject: Physics
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'The specifick gravities of several metalline cubes, in comparison with their like bulks of water'
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Francis Hauksbee, Paper, 'The specifick gravities of several mettaline cubes. Comparison with their like bulks of water' by Francis Hauksbee, 1711, CLP/18i/127, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_18i_127/paper-the-specifick-gravities-of-several-mettaline-cubes-comparison-with-their-like-bulks-of-water-by-francis-hauksbee, accessed on 15 January 2026
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VI. The specifick gravities of several metalline cubes, in comparison with their like bulks of water External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1710
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1710.0059
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Classified papers: volume 18i of classified papers concering 'Papin and Hauksbee papers'
1678-1712 Creator: Denis Papin , Francis Hauksbee Reference number: CLP/18i
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