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Three figures illustrating the mechanism of a new lamp invented by Robert Hooke, in which the oil is supplied steadily to the wick. The description was published in Hooke's Lampas (London, 1677).

Subject: Engineering

Reference number
CLP/20/33
Earliest possible date
14 March 1667
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
1 page
Format
Diagram

Creator name

Robert Hooke

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Robert Hooke, Diagrams, Three diagrams of the mechanism of a new lamp by Robert Hooke, 14 March 1667, CLP/20/33, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_20_33/diagrams-three-diagrams-of-the-mechanism-of-a-new-lamp-by-robert-hooke, accessed on 01 December 2024

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