Paper, '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
Reference number: CLP/18i/87
Date: 1705
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Hauksbee writes: 'A Bell being included in a Brass Recipient, and plac’d at one end of a Room, about 50 yards in length: At the other end of which stood some Gentlemen to observe the found; which before any Air was intruded, the Bell upon shaking was heard at that distance, tho not without diligent attention.'
Subject: Physics
Read to the Royal Society on 13 June 1705
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'An account of an experiment made at a meeting of the Royal Society at Gresham college, upon the propagation of sound in condensed air. Together with a repetition of the same in the open field, by Mr F. Hauksbee'
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- CLP/18i/87
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- 1705
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- 2 pages
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- Manuscript
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Francis Hauksbee, Paper, '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/18i/87, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_18i_87/paper-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, accessed on 14 November 2025
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VII. An account of an experiment made at a meeting of the Royal Society at Gresham college, upon the propagation of sound in condensed air. Together with a repetition of the same in the open field, by Mr F. Hauksbee External link, opens in new tab.
Author: Francis Hauksbee
Date: 1st March 1705
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1704.0067
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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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