Paper, 'An account of some tryalls for finding how much the pressure of water is increased, by the descent of heavier or the ascent of lighter bodys therein' by Robert Hooke
Reference number: CLP/20/9
Date: 14 January 1663
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Discusses testing water pressure after heavier or lighter objects have been submerged. Includes drawings of the apparatus set up for this experiment.
Subject: Physics
- Reference number
- CLP/20/9
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- 14 January 1663
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- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Robert Hooke, Paper, 'An account of some tryalls for finding how much the pressure of water is increased, by the descent of heavier or the ascent of lighter bodys therein' by Robert Hooke, 14 January 1663, CLP/20/9, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_20_9/paper-an-account-of-some-tryalls-for-finding-how-much-the-pressure-of-water-is-increased-by-the-descent-of-heavier-or-the-ascent-of-lighter-bodys-therein-by-robert-hooke, accessed on 22 January 2026
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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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