Paper, regarding experiments on firing gunpowder in vacuo with a candent iron by Francis Hauksbee
Reference number: CLP/18i/83
Date: 1705
Description
Hauksbee shares a brief note regarding his experiments on firing gunpowder in vacuo [see CLP/18i/81 and CLP/18i/82], suggesting that 'a more perfect account may be given of the general phenomena in order to register it' and that 'the experiment is now so contriv'd, that the descent of the gunpowder upon the ignited iron, may be repeated ten or more times if thought necessary'.
Subject: Physics
- Reference number
- CLP/18i/83
- Earliest possible date
- 1705
- Physical description
- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 1 page
- Format
- Manuscript
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Francis Hauksbee, Paper, regarding experiments on firing gunpowder in vacuo with a candent iron by Francis Hauksbee, 1705, CLP/18i/83, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_18i_83/paper-regarding-experiments-on-firing-gunpowder-in-vacuo-with-a-candent-iron-by-francis-hauksbee, accessed on 14 January 2026
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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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Dates: 1592 - 1741
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