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'Brief Account of the Experiments tryed with Glasse Balls' by Robert Hook

Reference number: RBO/2ii/7

Date: 26 November 1662

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Lists eight experiments with glass balls blown with rarefied air - about compression of bodies by the atmosphere - provides reasoning on results, and some questions for future experiments

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RBO/2ii/7
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26 November 1662
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5 pages
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Manuscript

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'Brief Account of the Experiments tryed with Glasse Balls' by Robert Hook, 26 November 1662, RBO/2ii/7, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_2ii_7/brief-account-of-the-experiments-tryed-with-glasse-balls-by-robert-hook, accessed on 17 April 2026

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