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'A New way for sounding the depth of the Sea without a Line and fetching Water from any depth' by Robert Hooke

Reference number: RBO/2i/71

Date: 30 September 1663

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RBO/2i/71
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30 September 1663
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Robert Hooke

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Robert Hooke, 'A New way for sounding the depth of the Sea without a Line and fetching Water from any depth' by Robert Hooke, 30 September 1663, RBO/2i/71, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_2i_71/a-new-way-for-sounding-the-depth-of-the-sea-without-a-line-and-fetching-water-from-any-depth-by-robert-hooke, accessed on 08 December 2025

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