Dr Papin's Experiment to examine the specific Gravity of the Air comparatively to water and what effect Heat and moisture hath on the gravity of Air
Reference number: RBO/6/27
Date: 14 May 1684
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Purpose of experiment to establish what degree of heat and what amount of moisture will increase the gravity of the air - that the experiment could be repeated with a weather glass
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- RBO/6/27
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- 14 May 1684
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- 1 page
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- Manuscript
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Dr Papin's Experiment to examine the specific Gravity of the Air comparatively to water and what effect Heat and moisture hath on the gravity of Air, 14 May 1684, RBO/6/27, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_6_27/dr-papins-experiment-to-examine-the-specific-gravity-of-the-air-comparatively-to-water-and-what-effect-heat-and-moisture-hath-on-the-gravity-of-air, accessed on 08 September 2026
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Register Book of the Royal Society Volume 6, copies of papers communicated 1685-1687
1685-1687 Reference number: RBO/6
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