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Paper, 'Observables in the six branched figures frozen in urine' by Robert Hooke

Reference number: CLP/20/5

Date: 10 December 1662

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Discusses the branched figures [ice crystals] observed on the surface of a vessel of urine that was frozen.

Subject: Glaciology

Reference number
CLP/20/5
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10 December 1662
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Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
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Manuscript

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Robert Hooke

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Robert Hooke, Paper, 'Observables in the six branched figures frozen in urine' by Robert Hooke, 10 December 1662, CLP/20/5, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_20_5/paper-observables-in-the-six-branched-figures-frozen-in-urine-by-robert-hooke, accessed on 11 November 2025

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