Paper, 'Pressure of parts of water on one another; & the elasticity of the air' by Robert Hooke
Reference number: CLP/20/8
Date: January 1663
Description
Describes an experiment at Gresham College in which a long glass tube, sealed at one end, was filled with water, and then another smaller glass tube was put into the cavity of the first tube. Describes the whole experiment, and makes notes of the results in a list on p2.
Subject: Physics
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- CLP/20/8
- Earliest possible date
- January 1663
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- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Robert Hooke, Paper, 'Pressure of parts of water on one another; & the elasticity of the air' by Robert Hooke, January 1663, CLP/20/8, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_20_8/paper-pressure-of-parts-of-water-on-one-another-the-elasticity-of-the-air-by-robert-hooke, accessed on 04 December 2025
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Classified papers: volume 20, Robert Hooke's papers
1662-1699 Creator: Robert Hooke Reference number: CLP/20
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Dates: 1592 - 1741
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