Paper, 'An account of an experiment of the rising of water in a bolt head upon immersion in cold, & falling upon the immersion of it in hot' by Robert Hooke
Reference number: CLP/20/27
Date: 13 April 1664
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Discusses an experiment where a bold head containing water was placed in a larger container of hot water, and then afterwards cold water, and what happened.
Subject: Physics
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- CLP/20/27
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- 13 April 1664
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- 1 page
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- Manuscript
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Robert Hooke, Paper, 'An account of an experiment of the rising of water in a bolt head upon immersion in cold, & falling upon the immersion of it in hot' by Robert Hooke, 13 April 1664, CLP/20/27, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_20_27/paper-an-account-of-an-experiment-of-the-rising-of-water-in-a-bolt-head-upon-immersion-in-cold-falling-upon-the-immersion-of-it-in-hot-by-robert-hooke, accessed on 07 November 2025
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Classified papers: volume 20, Robert Hooke's papers
1662-1699 Creator: Robert Hooke Reference number: CLP/20
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