Baroscope
Date
25 November 1673
Creator
John Flamsteed (1646 - 1719, British) , Astronomer
Object type
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Manuscript page number
f2 p1r
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 313mm
width (page): 203mm
width (page): 203mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Figure of a baroscope in John Flamsteed's letter to Richard Towneley dated 25 November 1673, discussing the Toricellian experiment.
Transcription
Suppose the tube AB every where of equall widenesse so filled as that in the bottom betwixt 2 & 3 may be one parte of water or any alike ponderous liquor, in the upper parts betwixt it [smudge] 2, two parts or alike measures of oyle or some liquor not so waighty in spirit as water.
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Related fellows
John Flamsteed (1646 - 1719, British) , Astronomer
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