'Of the Weight of several Metalls' by Robert Hooke
Reference number: RBO/5/23
Date: 18 March 1680
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Present at the experiment on Tuesday 16 March 1680 were Robert Reading, Mr Hill, Robert Hooke, Edmund Halley, Mr Perkins
Metals under investigation were regulus of Antimony in air and water - weight of common iron - weight of wiredrawing-plate - weight of gold-coloured mixture - weight of antimony and iron was not successful
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- RBO/5/23
- Earliest possible date
- 18 March 1680
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- 1 page
- Format
- Manuscript
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Robert Hooke, 'Of the Weight of several Metalls' by Robert Hooke, 18 March 1680, RBO/5/23, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_5_23/of-the-weight-of-several-metalls-by-robert-hooke, accessed on 15 December 2025
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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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