Wheel barometer
Date
7 October 1663
Creator
Unknown, Artist
After
Robert Hooke (1635 - 1703, British) , Natural philosopher
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p2
Dimensions
height (page): 362mm
width (page): 235mm
width (page): 235mm
Description
Diagram illustrating the barometer, showing tube and dial for taking barometric readings. The equipment is similar to that illustrated in Micrographia (1665), but here it is depicted from an angle so that the mechanism at the rear of the dial is visible.
The original drawing is in Cl.P/20/32/001.
The original drawing is in Cl.P/20/32/001.
Object history
At the meeting of the Royal Society on 7 October 1663, ‘Mr. Hooke’s paper concerning the observables for making a history of the weather was read, and ordered to be reviewed by the president and Sir Robert Moray, and then to be registered, and sent to the several persons, who had been engaged in this work of observing the changes of weather, as Dr. Power, Mr. Beal, etc.’ (Birch 1:311).
A figure of Hooke's wheel barometer is printed in:
Robert Hooke, Micrographia (London: for Jo. Martyn and Ja. Allestry, 1665), scheme I, fig. 1;
Robert Hooke, 'A new contrivance of wheel-barometer', Phil. Trans. vol. 1, no. 13 (June 1666), pp. 218-19, fig. 1; and
Thomas Sprat, The History of the Royal-Society of London for the Improving of Natural Knowledge (London: Printed by T. R. for J. Martyn ..., and J. Allestry ... 1667), p. 173.
A figure of Hooke's wheel barometer is printed in:
Robert Hooke, Micrographia (London: for Jo. Martyn and Ja. Allestry, 1665), scheme I, fig. 1;
Robert Hooke, 'A new contrivance of wheel-barometer', Phil. Trans. vol. 1, no. 13 (June 1666), pp. 218-19, fig. 1; and
Thomas Sprat, The History of the Royal-Society of London for the Improving of Natural Knowledge (London: Printed by T. R. for J. Martyn ..., and J. Allestry ... 1667), p. 173.
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Robert Hooke (1635 - 1703, British) , Natural philosopher