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'Of the Weight of Silver and Tin each alone and when melted together' by Robert Hooke

Reference number: RBO/5/15

Date: 1680

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Present at the experiment were William Croone, Edmond King, Mr Huston and Robert Hooke
Read at the Royal Society on 12 February 1680

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RBO/5/15
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1680
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1 page
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Manuscript

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Robert Hooke

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Robert Hooke, 'Of the Weight of Silver and Tin each alone and when melted together' by Robert Hooke, 1680, RBO/5/15, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_5_15/of-the-weight-of-silver-and-tin-each-alone-and-when-melted-together-by-robert-hooke, accessed on 09 March 2026

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