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Paper, 'A way of sounding the depth of the sea without a line; and of bringing up water from any depth' by Robert Hooke

Reference number: CLP/20/35

Date: 30 September 1663

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Discusses Robert Hooke's invention for sounding the sea without a long line, using instead a ball sunk to the bottom of the sea by a weight which is released as soon as it touches the sea-floor and returns to the surface.

Subject: Oceanography

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CLP/20/35
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30 September 1663
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Ink on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Robert Hooke

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Robert Hooke, Paper, 'A way of sounding the depth of the sea without a line; and of bringing up water from any depth' by Robert Hooke, 30 September 1663, CLP/20/35, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_20_35/paper-a-way-of-sounding-the-depth-of-the-sea-without-a-line-and-of-bringing-up-water-from-any-depth-by-robert-hooke, accessed on 01 November 2024

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