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A paper on weather by Robert Hooke. The illustrated instrument relies on a ripe wild-oat beard attached to a dial, which curls and straightens depending on the moisture in the air. Hooke indicates the dial should be created in the manner described by Emmanuel Maignan (Perspectiva Horaria (Rome, 1648), p. 89 and illustration).

Subject: Engineering / Meteorology

Reference number
CLP/4i/25
Earliest possible date
1660-1679
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Ink on paper
Page extent
1 page
Format
Manuscript

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Robert Hooke

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Robert Hooke, Paper, description of a hygroscope by Robert Hooke, 1660-1679, CLP/4i/25, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_4i_25/paper-description-of-a-hygroscope-by-robert-hooke, accessed on 10 December 2024

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