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'Of Gravity' by Robert Hooke

Reference number: RBO/3/31

Date: 21 March 1666

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Considers whether gravity or attracting power be inherent in the parts of the earth - details of experiments carried out and the instrument used (with figure) to measure difference in gravity by comparison with the attraction of the lodestone
Figure - ink,

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RBO/3/31
Earliest possible date
21 March 1666
Page extent
5 pages
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Manuscript

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Robert Hooke

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Robert Hooke, 'Of Gravity' by Robert Hooke, 21 March 1666, RBO/3/31, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_3_31/of-gravity-by-robert-hooke, accessed on 13 July 2026

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