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

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RBO/2ii/39
Earliest possible date
3 June 1663
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Robert Hooke

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Robert Hooke, 'Of exhausting Air out of Water which returneth into the Water againe' by Robert Hooke, 3 June 1663, RBO/2ii/39, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_2ii_39/of-exhausting-air-out-of-water-which-returneth-into-the-water-againe-by-robert-hooke, accessed on 14 May 2026

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