Paper, description of a hygroscope by Robert Hooke
Reference number: CLP/4i/25
Date: 1660-1679
Description
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
- Physical description
- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 1 page
- Format
- Manuscript
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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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