Paper, 'Experiments of weighing glasse canes with the cylinders of quicksylver in them according to the torricellian experiment' by Jonathan Goddard and 'William Brouncker's account of the third experiment made by Dr Goddard'
Reference number: CLP/6/6
Date: 06 August 1662
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William Brouncker's original account of the third experiment made by Jonathan Goddard, at the Royal Society meeting in 29 October 1662. Goddard's experiment concerns the weight of air against the weight of a cylinder of quicksilver (mercury). Includes a diagram of the experimental setup.
Subject: Pneumatics
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- CLP/6/6
- Earliest possible date
- 06 August 1662
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- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 3 pages
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- Manuscript
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William Brouncker, Paper, 'Experiments of weighing glasse canes with the cylinders of quicksylver in them according to the torricellian experiment' by Jonathan Goddard and 'William Brouncker's account of the third experiment made by Dr Goddard', 06 August 1662, CLP/6/6, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_6_6/paper-experiments-of-weighing-glasse-canes-with-the-cylinders-of-quicksylver-in-them-according-to-the-torricellian-experiment-by-jonathan-goddard-and-william-brounckers-account-of-the-third-experiment-made-by-dr-goddard, accessed on 16 April 2026
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'Experiments of weighing glasses canes with the Cylinders of Quicksilver in them, according to the Torricellian Experiment' by Jonathan Goddard
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Classified papers: volume 6 concerning 'Staticks, Hydrostaticks, Hydraulicks, Hydrology'
1661-1735 Reference number: CLP/6
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Dates: 1592 - 1741
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