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Image number: RS.10370
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Francis Hauksbee’s air pump
Date
1709
Creator
Unknown, Engraver
Object type
Library reference
43300
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 250mm
width (print): 117mm
width (print): 117mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Plate illustrates Hauksbee’s introduction (pp.1-4) to his book, entitled ‘A General Description of the Air-Pump made use of in the following Experiments’.
Plate I from Physico-mechanical experiments on various subjects, by Francis Hauksbee (London, 1709), presented to the Royal Society by the author on 26 October 1709.
Hauksbee (ca.1660 – 1713) was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1705, and was the Society’s Curator of Experiments from 1703 to 1713.
Plate I from Physico-mechanical experiments on various subjects, by Francis Hauksbee (London, 1709), presented to the Royal Society by the author on 26 October 1709.
Hauksbee (ca.1660 – 1713) was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1705, and was the Society’s Curator of Experiments from 1703 to 1713.
Object history
The Royal Society is in possession of a Hauksbee air pump, ca. 1709.
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