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'To make a Lamp that shall alwaies keep the surface of the Oyle at the same hight, till all be spent' by Robert Hooke

Reference number: RBO/3/51

Date: 14 March 1667

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Cross-section figures of the lamp in text

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RBO/3/51
Earliest possible date
14 March 1667
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Robert Hooke

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Robert Hooke, 'To make a Lamp that shall alwaies keep the surface of the Oyle at the same hight, till all be spent' by Robert Hooke, 14 March 1667, RBO/3/51, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_3_51/to-make-a-lamp-that-shall-alwaies-keep-the-surface-of-the-oyle-at-the-same-hight-till-all-be-spent-by-robert-hooke, accessed on 19 April 2025

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