Papers, Odd leaves of manuscript labelled 'imperfect' by Edmond Halley
Reference number: CLP/21/55
Date: c.17th century
Description
Consists of:
- mathematical figures
- 'discourse of the Rule of the decrease of the hight of the Mercury in the Barometer according to the places and elevated above the surface of the earth...'
- 'The Elastick Properties of the Air have been long since made out by Experiment.....'
- 'Hence the terms of any ratio being a and b, q becomes b....'
- other mathematical papers in Latin
- concerning the eclipses of the Jupiter's satellites
- one page has note 'This is Sturm 1686'
Subject: Mathematics, Astronomy, Physics, Meteorology
- Reference number
- CLP/21/55
- Earliest possible date
- c.17th century
- Physical description
- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 29 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Edmond Halley, Papers, Odd leaves of manuscript labelled 'imperfect' by Edmond Halley, c.17th century, CLP/21/55, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_21_55/papers-odd-leaves-of-manuscript-labelled-imperfect-by-edmond-halley, accessed on 12 February 2026
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A discourse of the rule of the decrease of the height of the mercury in the barometer, according as places are elevated above the surface of the Earth, with an attempt to discover the true reason of the rising and falling of the mercury, upon change of weather External link, opens in new tab.
Author: Edmond Halley
Date: 25th May 1686
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1686.0017
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Classified papers: volume 21, Edmond Halley's papers
1666-1720 Creator: Edmond Halley Reference number: CLP/21
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Classified Papers
The 'Classified Papers' of the Royal Society are papers from British and international natural philosophers and scholars categorised according to subject areas.
Dates: 1592 - 1741
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