Paper, 'A phylosophical discourse concerning hydrostaticks' by Thomas Bates
Reference number: CLP/6/63
Date: 26 July 1709
Description
A philosophical discourse concerning hydrostatics, particularly regarding aerial bodies. Bates is inspired by Wm [William] Molyneux's treatise titled 'A discourse on this problem; why bodies dissolved in the menstrua specifically lighter than themselves, swim therein,' published in Volume 16, Issue 181 of Philosophical Transactions in 1686 (see CLP/6/42).
Subject: Hydrostatics
Read to the Royal Society on 9 November 1709
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- CLP/6/63
- Earliest possible date
- 26 July 1709
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- Page extent
- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Thomas Bates, Paper, 'A phylosophical discourse concerning hydrostaticks' by Thomas Bates, 26 July 1709, CLP/6/63, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_6_63/paper-a-phylosophical-discourse-concerning-hydrostaticks-by-thomas-bates, accessed on 15 April 2026
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Classified papers: volume 6 concerning 'Staticks, Hydrostaticks, Hydraulicks, Hydrology'
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