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'A Description of the Instrument for finding the force of falling Bodies' by Robert Hooke

Reference number: RBO/2i/32

Date: 18 February 1662

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Figure of instrument in text

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RBO/2i/32
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18 February 1662
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Robert Hooke

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Robert Hooke, 'A Description of the Instrument for finding the force of falling Bodies' by Robert Hooke, 18 February 1662, RBO/2i/32, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_2i_32/a-description-of-the-instrument-for-finding-the-force-of-falling-bodies-by-robert-hooke, accessed on 26 April 2025

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