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Descriptions of apparatus for sounding the depth of the sea and fetching up water from any depth by Robert Hooke

Reference number: RBO/2ii/60

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Two figures in text
Figure 1 - ink
Figure 2 - ink

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RBO/2ii/60
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Robert Hooke

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Robert Hooke, Descriptions of apparatus for sounding the depth of the sea and fetching up water from any depth by Robert Hooke, RBO/2ii/60, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_2ii_60/descriptions-of-apparatus-for-sounding-the-depth-of-the-sea-and-fetching-up-water-from-any-depth-by-robert-hooke, accessed on 18 August 2026

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