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The Royal Society: Science in the Making

An Account of the Rarefaction of Air. By Mr Hook

Reference number: MS/215/5

Date: 10 December 1662

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This account was read at a meeting of the Royal Society on 10 December 1662. An experiment to confirm some observations was carried out at the Royal Society meeting of 17 December 1662.

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MS/215/5
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10 December 1662

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An Account of the Rarefaction of Air. By Mr Hook, 10 December 1662, MS/215/5, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ms_215_5/an-account-of-the-rarefaction-of-air-by-mr-hook, accessed on 14 November 2025

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