Instrument for trying gunpowder
Date
9 September 1663
Creator
Unknown, Artist
After
Robert Hooke (1635 - 1703, British) , Natural philosopher
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p197
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 227mm
width (page): 357mm
width (page): 357mm
Subject
Content object
Description
An instrument designed by Robert Hooke to determine the force of gunpowder. A drawing was submitted by Hooke at the meeting of the Royal Society on 9 September 1663 and ordered to be registered.
The original drawing by Hooke is found at Cl.P/20/22/003.
The original drawing by Hooke is found at Cl.P/20/22/003.
Object history
At the meeting of the Royal Society on 9 September 1663, ‘Mr. Hooke brought in a scheme of the instrument for determining the force of gunpowder by weight, together with an explication thereof; which was ordered to be registered’ (Birch 1:302). Text and figure printed in Birch 1:303.
Related fellows
Robert Hooke (1635 - 1703, British) , Natural philosopher
Associated place