A saltern in Hampshire
Date
1666
Creator
Robert Hooke (1635 - 1703, British) , Natural philosopher
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p5
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 185mm
width (page): 297mm
width (page): 297mm
Subject
Description
Illustration showing the various parts of a salt-works in Hampshire. The parts of the illustration are keyed to an index and the image is accompanied by a descriptive text, probably one of Robert Hooke's Gresham College lectures, headed 'A description of the manner of making salt at a saltern in Hampshire'.
A related text (possibly intended as an introduction to this one) appears at Cl.P/20/42 and is labelled 'Read July 25 1666', but there is no mention of it in the minutes of the Royal Society meeting on this day.
A related text (possibly intended as an introduction to this one) appears at Cl.P/20/42 and is labelled 'Read July 25 1666', but there is no mention of it in the minutes of the Royal Society meeting on this day.
Object history
At the meeting of the Royal Society on 21 March 1665/6, 'Mr. Hooke related, that in the salt-urns in Hampshire he had observed, that a good quantity of sand, near a gallon, was separated from the clear sea-water in the boiling it up to salt; which sand was collected out of the corners of the iron-vessel, wherein the said water was boiled' (Birch 2:73).
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