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'Of the Experiments concerning the weight of the Air: And the proportion of the weight of the Air to that of Water' by Robert Hooke

Reference number: RBO/3/3

Date: 10 February 1663

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RBO/3/3
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10 February 1663
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Robert Hooke

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Robert Hooke, 'Of the Experiments concerning the weight of the Air: And the proportion of the weight of the Air to that of Water' by Robert Hooke, 10 February 1663, RBO/3/3, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_3_3/of-the-experiments-concerning-the-weight-of-the-air-and-the-proportion-of-the-weight-of-the-air-to-that-of-water-by-robert-hooke, accessed on 21 March 2025

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