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Estimating the height of the atmosphere from experiments of the rarefaction of air.

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RBO/2i/11
Earliest possible date
10 December 1662
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Robert Hooke

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Robert Hooke, 'An Account of the Rarefaction of the Air' by Robert Hooke, 10 December 1662, RBO/2i/11, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_2i_11/an-account-of-the-rarefaction-of-the-air-by-robert-hooke, accessed on 17 February 2025

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