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'An Experiment of the Instrument for Sounding of Depths without a line or cord made the 19 of March 1662 By The Lord Brouncker and Sir Robert Moray'

Reference number: RBO/1/34

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Figure on p 152
Image: page 152, ink, size height 20 cm x width17 cm By Mr Hooke. Drawing of instrument ' to take up water neere the bottome of the sea'

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RBO/1/34
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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William Brouncker

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Robert Moray

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William Brouncker, Robert Moray, 'An Experiment of the Instrument for Sounding of Depths without a line or cord made the 19 of March 1662 By The Lord Brouncker and Sir Robert Moray', RBO/1/34, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_1_34/an-experiment-of-the-instrument-for-sounding-of-depths-without-a-line-or-cord-made-the-19-of-march-1662-by-the-lord-brouncker-and-sir-robert-moray, accessed on 15 October 2026

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