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Paper, 'Of the resistance of air to the bodyes moved through it' by Robert Hooke

Reference number: CLP/20/1

Date: 04 March 1663

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Discusses different materials like metal, wood, stone, feathers, etc, which should be fashioned into several shapes, moved, and have their movement measured.

Subject: Physics

Reference number
CLP/20/1
Earliest possible date
04 March 1663
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1 page
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Manuscript

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Robert Hooke

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Robert Hooke, Paper, 'Of the resistance of air to the bodyes moved through it' by Robert Hooke, 04 March 1663, CLP/20/1, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_20_1/paper-of-the-resistance-of-air-to-the-bodyes-moved-through-it-by-robert-hooke, accessed on 23 January 2025

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