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'An Account of the Diversity of the Parts of Water' by Robert Hooke

Reference number: RBO/2ii/2

Date: 14 May 1662

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Concerning the weight of ordinary water, distilled water, melted snow or dew - concerning how bubbles are raised at the top of water held 'in vacuo'

On p 27 are points about producing six-branched figures on the surface of frozen urine - also details about frost.

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RBO/2ii/2
Earliest possible date
14 May 1662
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Robert Hooke

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Robert Hooke, 'An Account of the Diversity of the Parts of Water' by Robert Hooke, 14 May 1662, RBO/2ii/2, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_2ii_2/an-account-of-the-diversity-of-the-parts-of-water-by-robert-hooke, accessed on 14 October 2024

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