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Paper, Abstract of Mr. [Robert] Boyle's treatise of languid motions by Robert Hooke

Reference number: CLP/20/69

Date: 17 February 1686

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Discuses Boyle's theories of motion, including in examples such as when water is agitated by the explosion of a ship.

Subject: Physics

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CLP/20/69
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17 February 1686
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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, Abstract of Mr. [Robert] Boyle's treatise of languid motions by Robert Hooke, 17 February 1686, CLP/20/69, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_20_69/paper-abstract-of-mr-robert-boyles-treatise-of-languid-motions-by-robert-hooke, accessed on 16 November 2025

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