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Paper, 'An account of ye rarefaction of the air' by Robert Hooke

Reference number: CLP/20/4

Date: 10 December 1662

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Discusses the rarefaction, or compression, of air.

Subject: Physics, Natural Philosophy

Reference number
CLP/20/4
Earliest possible date
10 December 1662
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Ink on paper
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Robert Hooke

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Robert Hooke, Paper, 'An account of ye rarefaction of the air' by Robert Hooke, 10 December 1662, CLP/20/4, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_20_4/paper-an-account-of-ye-rarefaction-of-the-air-by-robert-hooke, accessed on 23 January 2025

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