Paper, 'Dr Wallis's account of Dr Goddard's expt [experiment] made at Gresham College [London], about weighing of glass-canes with the cylinders of quicksilver standing in them, according to the Torricellian Experiments' by [John] Wallis
Reference number: CLP/6/8
Date: 1662
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John Wallis's explanation of the Torricellian experiment tried by Jonathan Goddard at the meeting of the Royal Society on 13 August 1662. Wallis's paper, possibly this copy, was read two weeks later on 27 August 1662. The paper was ordered to be registered. Includes four diagrams of the experimental setup.
Subject: Pneumatics
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- CLP/6/8
- Earliest possible date
- 1662
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- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 6 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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John Wallis, Paper, 'Dr Wallis's account of Dr Goddard's expt [experiment] made at Gresham College [London], about weighing of glass-canes with the cylinders of quicksilver standing in them, according to the Torricellian Experiments' by [John] Wallis, 1662, CLP/6/8, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_6_8/paper-dr-walliss-account-of-dr-goddards-expt-experiment-made-at-gresham-college-london-about-weighing-of-glass-canes-with-the-cylinders-of-quicksilver-standing-in-them-according-to-the-torricellian-experiments-by-john-wallis, accessed on 03 December 2024
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