Letter, from Stephen Gray to Hans Sloane, dated at Canterbury
Reference number: EL/G1/54
Date: 04 May 1700
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Outlines an experiment where water and sand descend through vessels with holes. The intention was to use this information to create a horometer for measuring time
Read to the Royal Society on 8 May 1700
- Reference number
- EL/G1/54
- Earliest possible date
- 04 May 1700
- Page extent
- 2 pages
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- Manuscript
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Stephen Gray, Letter, from Stephen Gray to Hans Sloane, dated at Canterbury, 04 May 1700, EL/G1/54, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_g1_54/letter-from-stephen-gray-to-hans-sloane-dated-at-canterbury, accessed on 22 March 2025
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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
1613-1740 Reference number: EL -
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Hans Sloane
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Stephen Gray
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