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Using a bolt head filled with water and turned upside down with stem inserted in a small vessel of water (figure in text)

Reference number
RBO/2i/53
Earliest possible date
July 1773
Page extent
1 page
Format
Manuscript

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Robert Hooke

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Robert Hooke, 'An Experiment tryed touching the Uniting and mixing of Air and Water' by Robert Hooke, July 1773, RBO/2i/53, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_2i_53/an-experiment-tryed-touching-the-uniting-and-mixing-of-air-and-water-by-robert-hooke, accessed on 22 March 2025

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