Paper 'Materiarum quarundam gravitates specficæ' [Concerning the gravity of different substances] by D G [Daniel Gabriel] Fahrenheit
Reference number: CLP/6/69b
Date: 26 March 1724
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Fahrenheit presents a table with thirty substances (metal, mineral, chemical, spirits, oils and other fluids), and discusses methods and precautions used in carrying out the experiment on the gravity of different substances.
Subject: Statics
Read to the Royal Society on 26 March 1724
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Materiarum quarundam gravitates specficæ, diversis temporibus ad varios scopes exploratæ a D. G. Fahrenheit, R. S. S'
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- CLP/6/69b
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- 26 March 1724
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- 4 pages
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Paper 'Materiarum quarundam gravitates specficæ' [Concerning the gravity of different substances] by D G [Daniel Gabriel] Fahrenheit, 26 March 1724, CLP/6/69b, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_6_69b/paper-materiarum-quarundam-gravitates-specficæ-concerning-the-gravity-of-different-substances-by-d-g-daniel-gabriel-fahrenheit, accessed on 15 March 2026
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VI. Materiarum quarundam gravitates specficæ, diversis temporibus ad varios scopes exploratæ a D. G. Fahrenheit, R. S. S External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1724
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1724.0022
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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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