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'An Account of what happened to a Carpe included in a Vessel of Water out of which the Air was pretty well Exhausted' by Robert Hooke

Reference number: RBO/2i/45

Date: 20 May 1663

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Fish 'in vacuo' whose bladder burst

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RBO/2i/45
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20 May 1663
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Robert Hooke

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Robert Hooke, 'An Account of what happened to a Carpe included in a Vessel of Water out of which the Air was pretty well Exhausted' by Robert Hooke, 20 May 1663, RBO/2i/45, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_2i_45/an-account-of-what-happened-to-a-carpe-included-in-a-vessel-of-water-out-of-which-the-air-was-pretty-well-exhausted-by-robert-hooke, accessed on 17 April 2026

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