Instrument to measure water pressure
Date
14 January 1663
Creator
Unknown, Artist
After
Robert Hooke (1635 - 1703, British) , Natural philosopher
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p313
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 366mm
width (page): 229mm
width (page): 229mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Figure showing an experimental apparatus designed by Robert Hooke to test water pressure after heavier or lighter objects have been submerged. Hooke's experiment was read to the meeting of the Royal Society on 14 January 1663.
Hooke's original drawing is at Cl.P/20/9/002. Other copies of this image can be found at RBO/2i/100, RBO/2ii/090 and MS/776/300.
Hooke's original drawing is at Cl.P/20/9/002. Other copies of this image can be found at RBO/2i/100, RBO/2ii/090 and MS/776/300.
Object history
At the meeting of the Royal Society on 14 January 1663, ‘Mr. Hooke’s two papers were read, the one containing an account of some trials for finding how much the pressure of the water is increased by the descent of heavier, or the ascent of lighter bodies therein; the other, containing an experiment concerning the different weight of cold and warm water: both which papers were ordered to be registered’ (Birch 1:174). The text is reproduced in Birch 1:174-76.
Related fellows
Robert Hooke (1635 - 1703, British) , Natural philosopher
Associated place