'An experiment Of the Weight of Silver and Lead melted together' brought in by Robert Hooke
Reference number: RBO/5/17
Date: 1680
Description
Experiment carried out on Monday 16 February 1680 and those present were Mr Colwall, Dr Brown, Mr Aston, Mr Hill, Mr Perkins, Edmond King and Robert Hooke
Read to the Royal Society on 19 February 1680
- Reference number
- RBO/5/17
- Earliest possible date
- 1680
- Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Robert Hooke, 'An experiment Of the Weight of Silver and Lead melted together' brought in by Robert Hooke, 1680, RBO/5/17, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_5_17/an-experiment-of-the-weight-of-silver-and-lead-melted-together-brought-in-by-robert-hooke, accessed on 07 March 2026
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Register Book of the Royal Society Volume 5, copies of papers communicated 1675-1680
1675-1680 Reference number: RBO/5
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Robert Hooke
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