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Describes the experiment ordered on 27 February, where steel drills were fitted with pulleys and then their magnetism was tested. Then discusses an experiment about the expansion and contraction of water when freezing and boiling.

Subject: Physics

Reference number
CLP/20/60
Earliest possible date
05 March 1684
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Ink on paper
Page extent
1 page
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Manuscript

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Robert Hooke

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Robert Hooke, Paper, Magnetic experiment and water experiment by Robert Hooke, 05 March 1684, CLP/20/60, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_20_60/paper-magnetic-experiment-and-water-experiment-by-robert-hooke, accessed on 12 August 2026

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