Paper, 'An account of an experiment, made to ascertain the proportion of the expansion of the liquor in the thermometer, with regard to the degrees of heat' by Brook Taylor
Reference number: CLP/6/67
Date: 14 March 1722
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Taylor remarks that he believes it has 'been generally known though not proved, that the expansion of the liqud in the thermometer, is proportional to the increase of heat.' He shares details of his experiment.
Subject: Hydrostatics
Read to the Royal Society on 14 March 1722
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'An account of the experiment, made to ascertain the proportion of the expansion of the liquor in the thermometer, with regard to the degrees of heat'
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- CLP/6/67
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- 14 March 1722
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- 2 pages
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Brook Taylor, Paper, 'An account of an experiment, made to ascertain the proportion of the expansion of the liquor in the thermometer, with regard to the degrees of heat' by Brook Taylor, 14 March 1722, CLP/6/67, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_6_67/paper-an-account-of-an-experiment-made-to-ascertain-the-proportion-of-the-expansion-of-the-liquor-in-the-thermometer-with-regard-to-the-degrees-of-heat-by-brook-taylor, accessed on 06 December 2025
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III. An account of the experiment, made to ascertain the proportion of the expansion of the liquor in the thermometer, with regard to the degrees of heat External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1723
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1722.0053
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Classified papers: volume 6 concerning 'Staticks, Hydrostaticks, Hydraulicks, Hydrology'
1661-1735 Reference number: CLP/6
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