Skip to content

Please be aware that some material may contain words, descriptions or illustrations which will not reflect current scientific understanding and may be considered in today's context inaccurate, unethical, offensive or distressing.

Description

Figure of glass planes in text
Read to the Royal Society on 31 January 1712

Reference number
CLP/18i/131
Earliest possible date
1712
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Francis Hauksbee

View page for Francis Hauksbee

Use this record

Citation

Francis Hauksbee, Account of an experiment touching the direction of a drop of orange oil between two glass planes by Francis Hauksbee, 1712, CLP/18i/131, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_18i_131/account-of-an-experiment-touching-the-direction-of-a-drop-of-orange-oil-between-two-glass-planes-by-francis-hauksbee, accessed on 23 January 2026

Link to this record

Embed this record

<iframe src="https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/embed/items/clp_18i_131/account-of-an-experiment-touching-the-direction-of-a-drop-of-orange-oil-between-two-glass-planes-by-francis-hauksbee" title="Account of an experiment touching the direction of a drop of orange oil between two glass planes by Francis Hauksbee" allow="fullscreen" frameborder="0" width="100%" height="500px"></iframe>

Hierarchy

This item is part of:

Related Fellows

Explore the collection

  • Classified Papers

    The 'Classified Papers' of the Royal Society are papers from British and international natural philosophers and scholars categorised according to subject areas.

    Dates: 1592 - 1741

    View collection