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Three pages consisting of three figures of mechanical equipment, labelled figures 2-4; the titles of two experiments, 'To try whether an animal will live longer in air filtrated through a liquid than another of the same kind and gender will in air filtrated through an healious menstruum' and 'To try to what degrees the sound of a bell may be improved in condensed air by finding that several distances the same may be made to become audible'; and a list of horizontal degrees.

Subject: Physics

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CLP/18i/144
Earliest possible date
1704-1712
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Ink on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Francis Hauksbee

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Francis Hauksbee, Note, regarding two experiments by Francis Hauksbee, 1704-1712, CLP/18i/144, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_18i_144/note-regarding-two-experiments-by-francis-hauksbee, accessed on 17 January 2026

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